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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2004Clowns rushing around madly
We left the tank at 5pm yesterday, fed the fish immediately before leaving, got back at 7pm today (26 hours later), essentially having skipped a feed (normally feed twice er day). Lights were on timer. Fish all looked normal, fed them, then one of the clowns started rushing around the tank madly (not seen this before). The other clown started following. Other fish behaving normally, inverts all look OK. Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate all zero. SG had drifted up a bit to 1.022. Clowns still rushing 2.5 hours later (though slowed a bit). Ideas? Mine do this on occasion. From their behavior, it appears as if they have something in their gills causing irritation. Usually happens after feeding with mine as well.. CW > We left the tank at 5pm yesterday, fed the fish immediately before > leaving, got back at 7pm today (26 hours later), essentially having [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ideas? Thanks - they are settled again now. First feed today not problem. > Mine do this on occasion. From their behavior, it appears as if they have > something in their gills causing irritation. Usually happens after feeding [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Ideas? > Thanks - they are settled again now. First feed today not problem. Maybe they just missed you! That can be it too. Clowns have really good "dog like" personalities. I swear they wag their tails when you give them attention... Or at least ours do.. CW > > Thanks - they are settled again now. First feed today not problem. > > Maybe they just missed you! > That can be it too. Clowns have really good "dog like" personalities. I > swear they wag their tails when you give them attention... Or at least ours > do.. Yep, their like litt puppy dogs. I've got a mated pair of Maroon Clowns. The female is about 13 years old, while the male is about 5 years old. The original male died while brooding eggs (it refused to eat). He is a link to my clowns: http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/o/rockcat/saltwater.htm I've recently updated the tank (55 gals), and added some soft corals so these photos don't do it justice. > CW >> >> > Thanks - they are settled again now. First feed today not problem. >> >> Maybe they just missed you! You know you've got a coralline problem when it is growing on your Tang! ;) Marc > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/o/rockcat/saltwater.htm  SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com > That can be it too. Clowns have really good "dog like" personalities. I > swear they wag their tails when you give them attention... Or at least > ours do.. Yes, like dogs - they bite! I have two maroon clownfish and the female is really overprotective for their home (bubble tip anemone)... It is enough I put my hand into the tank to move some rock - I am charged many times by the female. Sometimes it really hurts... Sometimes, when I do not expect it, I rush my hand out of tank hiting my hand on canopy or the tank edge :-) Really aggressive fish! No tail waggling in my tank, sorry... ;-) > > That can be it too. Clowns have really good "dog like" personalities. I > > swear they wag their tails when you give them attention... Or at least [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > hiting my hand on canopy or the tank edge :-) Really aggressive fish! > No tail waggling in my tank, sorry... ;-) Maybe you should try using a AquaGlove or similar. Couple / few advantage - Hand contaminating the water Protection - against angry fish / crab / shrimp / anemones etc. Protection - sharp object like rock etc... CapFusion,... > Maybe you should try using a AquaGlove or similar. > Couple / few advantage - > Hand contaminating the water > Protection - against angry fish / crab / shrimp / anemones etc. > Protection - sharp object like rock etc... Thanks - I will have to consider something like this, especially when the fish is still growing, so the aggression with time will be shown with greater power... ;-) >> That can be it too. Clowns have really good "dog like" personalities. I >> swear they wag their tails when you give them attention... Or at least [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > hiting my hand on canopy or the tank edge :-) Really aggressive fish! > No tail waggling in my tank, sorry... ;-) Mine has bitten me on occasion, but it never hurt much. Do you have an anemone in your tank? Mine used to do so until they got settled in Sarcophyton spp. Mislav > We left the tank at 5pm yesterday, fed the fish immediately before > leaving, got back at 7pm today (26 hours later), essentially having [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ideas? Introduced a green bubble anemone a few days ago (after the rushing around problem) and the clowns love it. Only problem is that the anemone is exhibiting some strange light related behaviour (see separate posting) > Do you have an anemone in your tank? > Mine used to do so until they got settled in Sarcophyton spp. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Ideas? |
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