New clownfish give me a heart attack
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Just got my first pair of clowns. They are my first fish. My tank is cycled, ammonia and nitrite are at zero, but nitrate is at 10. I'll fix this with large water changes once I get a decent mixing bucket. Atm I can only do 5 gallons. But at night I noticed my smaller clown wriggling at the top of my tank in the corner. He did his best to just stay in the corner and play dead. He didn't have swim bladder disease bc he can swim just fine. Later in the night the larger one joined him in the corner.
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My clown hosted the inlet when i first put him in, sleeping parallel to the ceiling of water. When i got a second, he emulated the first. I put in two additional powerheads and they now go between those and the inlets.
I have a hammer, torch and frogspawn coral, as well as an rbta.
They have no interest. I have seen video of people forcing clowns into a 'nem by using a long tube that terminates into the 'nem. I tried this for an hour last night, but i think the tube was way too wide.
I' m going to order a narrower tube and try it again.
No kitten learns to use a catbox until they're shown how, so i figure the same philosophy can apply to a fish.
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I have a hammer, torch and frogspawn coral, as well as an rbta.
They have no interest. I have seen video of people forcing clowns into a 'nem by using a long tube that terminates into the 'nem. I tried this for an hour last night, but i think the tube was way too wide.
I' m going to order a narrower tube and try it again.
No kitten learns to use a catbox until they're shown how, so i figure the same philosophy can apply to a fish.
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My male did that when they were establishing dominance roles... put a screen or something over the top of the tank while this is going on because it'll try and escape from the female. My male hung out in the corner for like 2-3 weeks until one day I woke up and noticed it was missing and when I checked my sump, I found it there... the female must've bullied it out of the tank. Either way, it'll subside after a couple weeks or so. I've heard of horror stories where the female bullied the male to death but... hopefully that doesn't happen... good luck to you!
