Clown swims vertical and treads water? - Aquarium Advice

L2 · 04-05-2006, 11:17 PM

My clown likes to swim vertically in the back of the tank at night...behind the powerhead. He sort of just treads water and looks down!!! Is this normal? He looks sad or like he's zoning out.. Is he resting? Is this normal? Otherwise he seems fine and eats during the day.

Thoughts?

DragonForce · 04-05-2006, 11:52 PM

Clownfish will usually find something in your aquarium to host and defend as well as to sleep at night. It seems your clownfish has simply picked your powerhead to host and this is totally normal.

TheRealFF · 04-05-2006, 11:56 PM

I would say yes, it is normal. One of my clowns did that for awhile, but now he's swimming horizontally with his side exposing to the water surface when he sleep 0.o They are just odd like that. I used to think he was gonna die and had a hard time going to sleep those nights haha.

HTH

L2 · 04-05-2006, 11:59 PM

LOL

fewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww â€“Â*he was making me paranoid !! LOL. Thanks guys.

does anyone know if clownfish can get stung by torch coral? i got some in the tank. none of my fish ever go near it.

BeGiNeR_7 · 04-06-2006, 12:07 AM

i don't know about the touch coral but I had a jawfish for a few weeks(he didn't make it very long) and he had made a hole in the back of my tank up against the glass. The clown fish has now taken that over and he does a little "dance" around it at night before he settles. It is his little sleeping hole. I think it's cute although the first time i found him there in the morning I thought he was dead.

**roka64** · 04-06-2006, 10:53 AM

My clown does the sam, he likes it in the corner by my thermometer, he also "swims" downward but stays in place...

ryguy · 04-06-2006, 11:56 AM

in my friends tank, the clown resides in the torch coral.

Mephistopheles · 04-11-2006, 01:01 PM

I got a "Patrick Star Bubble House" for christmas one year and put it in the tank (looks like half of a coconut with a weathervane on top). It was a hair algae magnet and was tough to clean. When the algae got thicker, my clown would hide in there, swimming amongst the waving strands of algae like little green tentacles of a poor-man's anemone. It was funny, but I eventually removed the decoration.

04-05-2006, 11:17 PM	#1
L2 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 99 Images: 1	Clown swims vertical and treads water? My clown likes to swim vertically in the back of the tank at night...behind the powerhead. He sort of just treads water and looks down!!! Is this normal? He looks sad or like he's zoning out.. Is he resting? Is this normal? Otherwise he seems fine and eats during the day. Thoughts?

04-05-2006, 11:52 PM	#2
DragonForce Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 925 Images: 1	Clownfish will usually find something in your aquarium to host and defend as well as to sleep at night. It seems your clownfish has simply picked your powerhead to host and this is totally normal. __________________ 37 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym] all glass 50lb [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] 3' fine sand bed 1x Orange Stripe Prawn shrimp goby, 1x sixline wrassemated pair of true percula clowns, 1x CBS shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, 1x pistol shrimp, 1x tiger tale [acronym="Sea cucumber"]cuke[/acronym], ~20+ snails, ~10+ hermits, 1xserpent star. green Bubble coral, hammer coral (8 heads!) ,various Zoos,green finger leather, green star polpys ,[acronym="Mushroom coral"]shrooms[/acronym] 175w 10k [acronym="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym] 28w actinic [acronym="Actinic lighting"]03[/acronym] 2x maxi jett 1200 Prizm skimmer (modded) Hagen powerfilter(for running carbon 24/7) nano arctica chiller

04-05-2006, 11:56 PM	#3
TheRealFF Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston, TX, U.S. Posts: 294	I would say yes, it is normal. One of my clowns did that for awhile, but now he's swimming horizontally with his side exposing to the water surface when he sleep 0.o They are just odd like that. I used to think he was gonna die and had a hard time going to sleep those nights haha. HTH __________________ FF = Fish Freak I am one of those reefnuts that are actually nuts!

04-06-2006, 10:53 AM	#6
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,863 Images: 12	My clown does the sam, he likes it in the corner by my thermometer, he also "swims" downward but stays in place... __________________ Age is relative, you are only as old as you act....of course, this works in reverse.... Questions loved, heeded advice greatly appreciated! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

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04-05-2006, 11:59 PM	#4
L2 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 99 Images: 1	LOL fewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww â€“Â*he was making me paranoid !! LOL. Thanks guys. does anyone know if clownfish can get stung by torch coral? i got some in the tank. none of my fish ever go near it.

04-06-2006, 12:07 AM	#5
BeGiNeR_7 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 332 Images: 9	i don't know about the touch coral but I had a jawfish for a few weeks(he didn't make it very long) and he had made a hole in the back of my tank up against the glass. The clown fish has now taken that over and he does a little "dance" around it at night before he settles. It is his little sleeping hole. I think it's cute although the first time i found him there in the morning I thought he was dead.

04-06-2006, 11:56 AM	#7
ryguy Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: vancouver island Posts: 514	in my friends tank, the clown resides in the torch coral.

04-11-2006, 01:01 PM	#8
Mephistopheles Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 101 Images: 8	I got a "Patrick Star Bubble House" for christmas one year and put it in the tank (looks like half of a coconut with a weathervane on top). It was a hair algae magnet and was tough to clean. When the algae got thicker, my clown would hide in there, swimming amongst the waving strands of algae like little green tentacles of a poor-man's anemone. It was funny, but I eventually removed the decoration.

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