Percula Question - Aquarium Advice

Joester2k3 · 03-01-2006, 03:43 PM

I got my first fish yesterday. And i know that i messed up on the acclimation (just got so excited) but he is eating. How ever he wont explore my tank. He stays at the right hand side of the tank and looks like the current makes it hard for him to swim. At the LFS he was swimming fine but they have no current in the little cubicals. IS this normal or did i screw him up????

austinsdad · 03-01-2006, 03:51 PM

New surroundings. Give him some time to get over the stress of moving to a new home. Not sure about the current question since we don't know how much is in your tank.

Joester2k3 · 03-01-2006, 03:53 PM

I have two maxi-jet 1200s in a 65gal. plus the canister filters output from the magnum 350. He seems to look scared or something. Atleast thats all i hope it is id hate for my first fish to die on me

austinsdad · 03-01-2006, 03:55 PM

Got rocks in there for him to hide behind?

Joester2k3 · 03-01-2006, 03:57 PM

Yea 60 pounds of LR and he wont go near it :/

Brenden · 03-01-2006, 04:46 PM

I would not be concerned. What you are describing is what my clowns do when lights are out. That is their idea of relaxing and staying safe.

Just give it some time.

Joester2k3 · 03-01-2006, 04:58 PM

Alright cause he just seems like swim inthat area like a lil maniac or something hahaha doesnt even move really just wiggles lol but when i fed him he did eat soo hopefully in a few days here he will be normal lol

localhost · 03-01-2006, 07:56 PM

He'll be fine. Clown fish act quite weird.

Joester2k3 · 03-02-2006, 05:58 PM

I got a second percula today from the same place and both are fine (i acclimated alil better this time and i think the new fish isnt as stressed since he had a friend this time to meet up with. They both ate too sooooooo i think im on a great start now

SoylentGrundy · 03-02-2006, 08:46 PM

my clowns used to go to the top back corner to "sleep" when the lights went out. i got a kick out of it b/c they went to the same corner each night after lights out.

03-01-2006, 03:43 PM	#1
Joester2k3 Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 196 Images: 3	Percula Question I got my first fish yesterday. And i know that i messed up on the acclimation (just got so excited) but he is eating. How ever he wont explore my tank. He stays at the right hand side of the tank and looks like the current makes it hard for him to swim. At the LFS he was swimming fine but they have no current in the little cubicals. IS this normal or did i screw him up???? __________________ 65Gal (Yellow Tang, 2Percs, Purple Pseudochromis, Algae Blenny, 2 turbos, 50 snails, Yellow Button Polyps, Red Xenia) 111lbs of dry sand 55lbs Fugi/Caribbean LR Marineland Magnum 350 pro 2 maxi-jet power heads 125gal coralife Needle Skimmer

03-01-2006, 03:51 PM	#2
austinsdad Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland Posts: 3,923 Images: 12	New surroundings. Give him some time to get over the stress of moving to a new home. Not sure about the current question since we don't know how much is in your tank. __________________ -Ray- "Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here we might as well dance!"

03-01-2006, 03:53 PM	#3
Joester2k3 Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 196 Images: 3	I have two maxi-jet 1200s in a 65gal. plus the canister filters output from the magnum 350. He seems to look scared or something. Atleast thats all i hope it is id hate for my first fish to die on me __________________ 65Gal (Yellow Tang, 2Percs, Purple Pseudochromis, Algae Blenny, 2 turbos, 50 snails, Yellow Button Polyps, Red Xenia) 111lbs of dry sand 55lbs Fugi/Caribbean LR Marineland Magnum 350 pro 2 maxi-jet power heads 125gal coralife Needle Skimmer

03-01-2006, 03:55 PM	#4
austinsdad Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland Posts: 3,923 Images: 12	Got rocks in there for him to hide behind? __________________ -Ray- "Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here we might as well dance!"

03-01-2006, 03:57 PM	#5
Joester2k3 Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 196 Images: 3	Yea 60 pounds of LR and he wont go near it :/ __________________ 65Gal (Yellow Tang, 2Percs, Purple Pseudochromis, Algae Blenny, 2 turbos, 50 snails, Yellow Button Polyps, Red Xenia) 111lbs of dry sand 55lbs Fugi/Caribbean LR Marineland Magnum 350 pro 2 maxi-jet power heads 125gal coralife Needle Skimmer

03-01-2006, 04:46 PM	#6
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,878 Images: 32	I would not be concerned. What you are describing is what my clowns do when lights are out. That is their idea of relaxing and staying safe. Just give it some time. __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

03-01-2006, 04:58 PM	#7
Joester2k3 Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 196 Images: 3	Alright cause he just seems like swim inthat area like a lil maniac or something hahaha doesnt even move really just wiggles lol but when i fed him he did eat soo hopefully in a few days here he will be normal lol __________________ 65Gal (Yellow Tang, 2Percs, Purple Pseudochromis, Algae Blenny, 2 turbos, 50 snails, Yellow Button Polyps, Red Xenia) 111lbs of dry sand 55lbs Fugi/Caribbean LR Marineland Magnum 350 pro 2 maxi-jet power heads 125gal coralife Needle Skimmer

03-01-2006, 07:56 PM	#8
localhost Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Memphis Posts: 193 Images: 16	He'll be fine. Clown fish act quite weird. __________________ 45G Reef - 65#'s of LR, 3" sand bed, Fluval 304 filled with LR rubble, (2) MJ900, SeaClone 100 protein skimmer with MJ1200 Fish - Ocellaris Clown, Royal Gramma, Purple Firefish, Coral Beauty, Blue Neon Goby Coral - Xenia, Devil's Hand Leather, Toadstool Leather, Green Hairy Mushrooms, Zoanthids Inverts - (2) Peppermint Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, (5) Turbo Snails, (4) Nassarius Snails, (10) Blue Leg Hermits, Emerald Crab, (3) Scarlett Crabs, some small starfish(hitchhikers) My Aquarium Photos

03-02-2006, 05:58 PM	#9
Joester2k3 Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 196 Images: 3	I got a second percula today from the same place and both are fine (i acclimated alil better this time and i think the new fish isnt as stressed since he had a friend this time to meet up with. They both ate too sooooooo i think im on a great start now __________________ 65Gal (Yellow Tang, 2Percs, Purple Pseudochromis, Algae Blenny, 2 turbos, 50 snails, Yellow Button Polyps, Red Xenia) 111lbs of dry sand 55lbs Fugi/Caribbean LR Marineland Magnum 350 pro 2 maxi-jet power heads 125gal coralife Needle Skimmer

03-02-2006, 08:46 PM	#10
SoylentGrundy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kansas Posts: 229 Images: 6	my clowns used to go to the top back corner to "sleep" when the lights went out. i got a kick out of it b/c they went to the same corner each night after lights out. __________________ Don't dream it, be it.

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