Aqua Cultured Australian Black Perculas

[krzyphsygy]

Alright I have wanted these for a long time and purchased 4 of them 2 weeks ago. I QT'd them for 10 days then placed them in the display 2 days ago.

They are the first fish introduced into my 7week old tank. As you see below in my tank description, I am fully loaded with rock and equipment.
Nitrates 0
Nitrite 0
Amonia 0
Cal 425
ALK 10.2 DKH

Any way all they do is hang out in the corner of the tank. They eat fine (alittle slow) are really healthy and look happy, they just do not really go into the water column. I have 50x tank turnover due to its going to an SPS tank. Could that be why??

 

[Finding Emo]

I'm not too experienced in this hobby yet, but that does seem like alot of flow for fish to be swimming in...just figured i'd throw in my 2 cents.

 

[msuzuki126]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11523041#post11523041 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Finding Emo
I'm not too experienced in this hobby yet, but that does seem like alot of flow for fish to be swimming in...just figured i'd throw in my 2 cents.

no

 

[Finding Emo]

so a 50x turnover in a tank is fine for fish?!?

 

[msuzuki126]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11523250#post11523250 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Finding Emo
so a 50x turnover in a tank is fine for fish?!?

yes, plenty of people have higher turnover than that

 

[Finding Emo]

ok, just seems like alot to me

 

[garygb]

Sounds pretty typical of clowns. Often times they will take to an area of the tank or an object in the tank as if it were an anemone. These fish always live in anemones in the wild, they are not open water fish. So, without an anemone they continue to do what comes natural, stay in a confined territory.

 

[krzyphsygy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11523832#post11523832 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garygb
Sounds pretty typical of clowns. Often times they will take to an area of the tank or an object in the tank as if it were an anemone. These fish always live in anemones in the wild, they are not open water fish. So, without an anemone they continue to do what comes natural, stay in a confined territory.

Thanks, that sounds right, but they are Aqua Cultured, they have no experience with anemones. I was wondering if the captive raised clowns are more timid and have a harder time finding there way to the middle of the tank??

 

[garygb]

I don't expect that tank raised clowns are less apt to go into the middle of the tank. And being captive raised doesn't change instinctive behavior. Some species of clown are more "outgoing" than others, but all species are territorial and the territory is quite confined. This is one characteristic that makes them good aquarium fishes.