Any tips on how to get my bashful Clowns out into the open?? HELP!

[guinness0514]

Guys,

I have had my clowns for two weeks and all they do it hide at the back of the tank. They don't even come out at night or to feed. They will grab food as it floats past them. They are not a pair but they came from the same tank at the LFS and are pretty much attached at the hip. I can't/don't know how to get them to at least swim around the tank. Any ideas on what to do?

 

[NyteReefer]

Just give it time, I bought my clowns and it took them two weeks to figure out that the tank isn't a humongous ocean and they can swim around without getting attacked. Now they swim all over the tank.

 

[jkrentz2515]

Slowly but surely they will swim more out in the open and explore more of the tank. The first week I had my clowns they stayed behind the rocks but now they swim out in the open and through the rockwork.

 

[guinness0514]

Hopefully, but they look prettycomfortable where they are. I dunno...

 

[ILLiDaN]

jumping in the tank and asking where nemo is, isnt going to help lol just kidding. The fish will accustom themselves with the tank in time.

 

[guinness0514]

yeah I know...just getting anxious....