Clownfish. Help!

[Tyla knox]

I introduced 2 baby clown fish into my tank yesterday and they stick together as well as only swim in one spot in the water column. They might go to another spot but then they will both swim there and only there for a decent amount of time. The cycle repeats.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

That sounds like normal clownfish behavior. Sometimes, clownfish will fight, so it is good that these two are swimming together.

Are they eating well?

Jay

 

[reef tank 2.0]

on my last tank, i had 2 percula clowns that did the same thing. there home was where the overflow met the tank glass. top of the water, about 1-2" below the surface. they'd leave that location to eat, but nothing more. I added hide outs and nems for them, but the overflow was there happy place.

 

[kevgib67]

Clowns being clowns! My two picked my return nozzle to host them in the left upper corner for 1 1/2 years until they moved to my duncan to host them.

 

[reef tank 2.0]

clowns are called clowns for a reason. they are NOT the smartest fish in the bunch

 

[Katrina71]

Totally normal goofy clowns

 

[littlefoxx]

My clownfish host rocks! Clowns are weird fish

 

[slingfox]

My two clowns hang around the spot where my Ehiem auto feeder drops food. I put in a bubble top anemone for them but they seem to have no idea it exists.

 

[Tyla knox]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

That sounds like normal clownfish behavior. Sometimes, clownfish will fight, so it is good that these two are swimming together.

Are they eating well?

Jay

Thanks Jay. Yes they are eating well. They're still tiny little guys no bigger than an inch. They are much more familiar with the tank and have started swimming around more. Noticed something I find intriguing. Accidently turned on a red LED light that goes on my bicycle while next to the tank. The clownfish immediately swam towards it and kept following it. Pretty cool

 

[Tired]

That's pretty much normal for clowns, yeah.

Be aware that as they grow, they're going to start to fight for dominance. Once they figure out which one is in charge, that one will shift into a female, the other will stay a male, and the female will grow quite a bit larger than her mate. You'll also see her pretty regularly chase him a little bit- if she doesn't keep proving that she's dominant, he'll turn into another female. Very cool behavior, and normal, but a bit alarming to see.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks Jay. Yes they are eating well. They're still tiny little guys no bigger than an inch. They are much more familiar with the tank and have started swimming around more. Noticed something I find intriguing. Accidently turned on a red LED light that goes on my bicycle while next to the tank. The clownfish immediately swam towards it and kept following it. Pretty cool

I found that many fish go crazy over red laser pointers also..