clownfish behavior

Hi all, My clownfish has started twitching its head, as you can see in the video. I had two clownfish in there, but the first one did the same thing, twitching its head as well as clamped fins, breathing hard, and not eating, so I moved it to the QT tank, adding metroplex. The clownfish does...

Hello, I'm new to keeping clownfish and I noticed my clownfish acting weird. I don't really know what's going on and I can't find anything online to explain it. I thought at first it was just the behaviors of establishing who's dominate but then I noticed the bigger clownfish also twitching and...

UGH, I don't want to talk too much about it because it's still fresh and I am so heartbroken over waking up to one of my DaVinci (ocellaris) clowns dead this morning- I had grown quite attached to this little quirky fish and the clown pair they were together- got them at the same time and they...

Hi! I recently had my male clownfish murdered by an angelfish and got another clown the next day. I got a small orange storm clownfish from my lfs which was still in the bag of ORA. So technically he is from ora as he never touched the stores water. Anyway today is day 8 of not eating and really...

Hello, I am a new reefer and have 2 clowns at the moment with a bicolor blennirs in a 33 gallon tank. The clowns were getting along well until a few days ago when the smaller began swimming erratically and the larger began attacking the smaller. I was of the impression the larger was female and...

I have many torches and a LTA hosting a couple of Clarki Clowns. The bigger (2 inch) of the 2 Tomato Clowns bullies everything in the tank and i've seen her nipping at the LTA tentacles as well as the Torches. Every morning i have another torch eviscerated. I've seen her picking at the Torches...

Hello all, I’m new to the clownfish breeding scene and this is my first attempt at raising the fry. This group is on day 18 post hatch and have been moved to a 20g grow out tank since they are no longer on rotifers. Should I be worried that they are all schooling in the corner of the tank close...

Is this normal dominance behavior? I have linked to a video (trimmed from 3 min to 1): These two clownfish have been fine but recently the clearly bigger one is relentlessly bullying the smaller one. The assumed female is causing trauma to the assumed male (frayed fins, white mouth). Yet the...

Hello I have 2 yr old clownfishes which I have seen changes in behaviour. They are not keen in eating but will come up to say they are hungry and today just realised rather fast breathing I will attach a video of them both I hope I can get advice so can figure out what to do next. They don’t...

Hi all, I recently started my tank 1 month ago, and once cycled I added two juvenile, captive bred ocellaris clownfish from my LFS (one black and white one, one gladiator). The black and white one was slightly bigger, and was instantly more aggressive/dominant towards the gladiator. I know that...

I feel like the answer is probably a hard no, but I’m throwing out the question anyway. If I have a fully mature longfin domino ocellaris, and I add a baby-baby bicinctus, is there a potential for pair up? Or is it more likely that one will still inevitably kill the other? For context, right...

Hi all, I’ve had a pair of ocellaris for about a week now in my 15 gallon cube and noticed that my bigger one (Jess) has been breathing slightly faster than the smaller one (Nick). I’ve been experimenting with different food and they’re slowly warming up to Nutramar Gamma Complete Marine after...

I've had two pairs of clownfish in the same 120 gallon tank for over a year now. When I came home from school this weekend, I noticed that one of the pairs fins were ripped up. The smallest one in particular was a lot more ripped up. I know it was definitely the other two clownfish since I've...

Hi, I had gs maroon clown L size with da vinci clown in 60 liter nano .yesterday itself maroon clown acting weird and swiming pattern is weird but it take feed as usual and I had checked nitrate it is under control .please tell me why he acting like this .I have attached video below.

Hello. So I have a regular ocellaris clown and a mocha storm clown. The plain OC is larger than the storm. I had them both in my 6 gallon nano reef tank, and long story short I learned the hard way and didn’t quarantine and OC started acting weird for a few days but went back to normal after...

Hello, I have two clownfish and both of them have started to act weird, one more than the other. One clownfish first started acting lethargic and not eating 2-3 days ago, it just hovers at the bottom corner of my tank. There was some stringy white poop coming out of it when I checked on it...

Hi guys I got a new clownfish he is swimming like crazy along the glass. When I turn off the pump he stops swimming like crazy I am not sure what his means exactly, but if anyone knows why he is swimming like crazy along the glass I would be thankful. I just find it so odd how when I turn the...

Hi all, I’ve had this clown for just over a week since my last one mysteriously died. I have no problem keeping and growing any coral but have always struggled with fish. I don’t believe this is anything to do with parameters but more so a parasite or disease of some kind. Is this normal...

Hello, I have a fairly new aquarium. After a fail at fish one go around, I have two new clownfish and they are a pair, so that is great news. I added them about a week ago, and like before they did not eat for the first day or two. One of them started to eat pellets, but the other one has turned...

Hi guys! Today I noticed these tiny white spots on my clownfish, is kind of weird cause it only looks like that under blue light, just wondering if you could give me some advice on him (I am new in this hobby just started this year), he is swimming normally and not acting weird at all. I do...

I picked up this pair up a few days ago and I noticed that they swim at a side angle. They only do this some of the time. Is this normal?

So I noticed the past day or two my 13.5g saltwater tank start to get a bit of algae growth, I decided to do a water change today and found my goby dead beneath a rock, so I removed it as well as the contaminates, now my clownfish and damsel are breath fast, and my clownfish are laying on the...

Hi, I just recently purchased a pair of Wyoming White clownfish and they have been in quarantine with copper and nitrofurazone. Today is the 6th day and I noticed a long white string hanging from one of the cowfishes belly along with irregular swimming patterns and a damaged back fin. I am...

Hi! My clownfish has been acting a bit weird he is just parking in one corner of the tank, time to time, he swims to the bottom or the top of the tank in that same corner, he is eating well, and he is not having any trouble breathing, does not have any visible ich or velvet. But I don't know I...

Hi! My clownfish has been acting a bit weird he is just parking in one corner of the tank, time to time, he swims to the bottom or the top of the tank in that same corner, he is eating well, and he is not having any trouble breathing, does not have any visible ich or velvet. But I don't know I...