Clowns Acting Weird.......

[D.J.]

my clowns are acting VERY weird and it has me alil concerned.......

this has been going on for about 4 days now.....i have one clown hiding in the top against the back of the tank and the other in the entrance of a cave....

they sarted this once the new light got on the tank....could it be too bright for them? do they need to adjust to the new light???

the only time i see them in the tank is under the lunar lights.......

ANY IDEAS??????????

[Loverotties]

Give them sunblock!How new are the lights.

[D.J.]

LOL.............the lights have only been on my tank a few days and they are only 2 months old ruffly.......the corals and the algea really like it!!!!the clowns seem to be the only thin that dont like the new lighting......

[Jrmass]

Give them time... They'll come around to it. Try feeding them with the lights on. That will give them some confidence. Also, what other inhabitants fish wise do you have in the tank that could be possibly causing an issue?

Jas

[D.J.]

same stuff thats been with them from day one..........

kole tang
pj cardnialx2
elegant foxface...few weeks now
lawnmower...few weeks
fire gobiesx2
and then the shrimp



they just started doing this since i added the light.........

[Jrmass]

If you have tried feeding them when the light is on you could try not feeding them for one day (even two days) then feed all the fish as this will force them to come out during the feeding time to beat out the other fish. (and yes not feeding your fish for a few days is o.k. as they can go long periods of time w/out eating our prepared foods *they'll snack on stuff w/in the tank*)

Jason

[D.J.]

the one clown has started to venture in the lightin but not for long.......

the other one is still hidin in the back at the top under the return for the skimmer........

[Aquaman777]

When I had my clown (before the dumb thing somehow got sucked into the overflow and ended up on a filter pad in the sump) it did some of the same things. I thought it was dead because it was swimming weird at the top of the corners in the tank. It seemed to only do it when the lights were off though. It ate and seemed healthy....but idk why it acted all weird. Just thought I'd let ya know that you are not the only one to see clowns acting weird~~~

[D.J.]

mine will eat when i feed but just wont come out into the open........

once the lights are off i can see him swimming around in the lunar lights

[Jrmass]

If a clown does not have something to host in it's very common for them to swim near the overflows and or at the top of the water (both times I've had oce. clowns they've done that and neither time I had an anemone for them to host that's part of the reason).

btw as long as it does eat that's the main thing... I would still try not feeding them for a day and then only feed them when the lights are on. Which forces them to understand that the food only comes when lights are on.

Jason

[jph]

clowns can be weird sometimes
one they they both host in the frogspwan, the next day one of them hosts the mag-float then it goes back to the frogspawn...

ps: how bright are those lights? maybe sunglasses are in order ?


J.

[Jrmass]

Speaking of hosting... I've even seen them host GSP (Green Star Polyps).

[D.J.]

mine wont "host" anything but the water!!! LOL

the lights are only 260watts