Clowns swimming in current

ARiSiNG · May 15, 2020

Got a pair of new clownfish today and was wondering if them swimming in the current like this is okay for them.
I read that this is usual clown behaviour for a new pair but this is the first fish I ever bought so I'm worried about everything and need closure lol.

Thanks!

PicassoClown04 · May 15, 2020

The video doesn’t work for me but I have a pair of 1 inch clowns that host my MP10 so I’m sure it’s fine, gave me heart attacks every time they got close to it tho, was sure they’d get sucked in but they’re fine! I guess they’re good swimmers

Thespammailaccount · May 15, 2020

Can’t see the video either but sounds like a clown just being a clown my clown Charlie would literally “surf’ the the wave ride it across the length of the tank and then do it again was really cool to watch

Cherub · May 15, 2020

I see the video. is it sped up or do they move that fast? My clowns move slower but they do enjoy the current every now and then. They mainly stay in a corner

PicassoClown04 · May 15, 2020

Here’s pics of them. Always up on my powerhead and giving me anxiety

Thespammailaccount · May 15, 2020

footgal said:
Here’s pics of them. Always up on my powerhead and giving me anxiety

They just like the current. If it bothers you you can get a cover for your powerheads

Elmervc15 · May 15, 2020

With clowns you have to worry when they acting like normal fish

ARiSiNG · May 15, 2020

Cherub said:
I see the video. is it sped up or do they move that fast? My clowns move slower but they do enjoy the current every now and then. They mainly stay in a corner

It's not sped up at all

jk_s124 · May 15, 2020

Mine surf in front of my power heads all the time. It’s like a game for them.

ARiSiNG · May 15, 2020

Thespammailaccount said:
They just like the current. If it bothers you you can get a cover for your powerheads

They're not really near the powerheads, they just swim in a current made by them. I was just worried that maybe the current would stress them out or something.

I have a feeling that if they were stressed they would have just moved but idk, I'm not a fish lol.

VB313 · May 15, 2020

I swear one of mine is hosting my wave maker lol

Leemcg · May 15, 2020

Every evening when the light starts to turn down, my female clown rides the current from the return. Swims up the back, catches the return flow, shoots across the tank, swims down, goes back and repeats. I’ve sat there watching her for almost an hour. Guess she likes it, the male just hangs around in the general area like a parent watching their kid on a ride. Them and my Midas Blenny are always doing something wired.

Anihiel1 · May 15, 2020

My 4 clowns love to surf the current! I like to think it's what they would do in the ocean. My foxface also really enjoys it. But the most entertaining of all, my horseshoe crab who *tries* to swim by flailing around until she lands somewhere, then climbing the rocks and jumping off again.

Anihiel1 · May 15, 2020

footgal said:
Here’s pics of them. Always up on my powerhead and giving me anxiety

Beautiful fish !

PicassoClown04 · May 15, 2020

Thanks!

LRT · May 15, 2020

This is cool. Someone said it best already you probably have to worry when your clown starts a ting like a regular fish haha.
Mine like to sit and swim in the return current. Comes up to the surface to mad dog me and bite at water and sometimes spits water. Also like to skip across the surface. Clowns are crazy fish.

Doglips56 · May 15, 2020

I can’t see the video but I have gyres turned vertically and all of my fish swim directly into the flow then allow themselves to get “blown” back and do it again. Seems like they really enjoy the “game”. Nice looking tank from the pics. Congrats on your new clowns.

ARiSiNG · May 16, 2020

Anihiel1 said:
my horseshoe crab who *tries* to swim by flailing around until she lands somewhere, then climbing the rocks and jumping off again.

Sounds so cute and wholesome lol

Barb0713 · Oct 14, 2022

ARiSiNG said:
Got a pair of new clownfish today and was wondering if them swimming in the current like this is okay for them.
I read that this is usual clown behaviour for a new pair but this is the first fish I ever bought so I'm worried about everything and need closure lol.

Thanks!

I got a pair of clowns 2 weeks ago. I just installed my power heads and they have been in front of them since I turned them on lol so I came on here to read about it. I guess it’s what they do ??? Thanks

Sailaway · Oct 14, 2022

LRT said:
This is cool. Someone said it best already you probably have to worry when your clown starts a ting like a regular fish haha.
Mine like to sit and swim in the return current. Comes up to the surface to mad dog me and bite at water and sometimes spits water. Also like to skip across the surface. Clowns are crazy fish.

I swear… clowns are insane. My female shoots water and aggressively bites the water as soon as I remove the lid. feeding time is an experience, that’s for sure.