clown behavior

[dromonk]

My clown keep laying in sand bed shaking whole body kicking sand every where anyway to stop this or reason for it

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Do you have more than one clown, if you have a pair could be nesting

 

[traveller7]

New to site I have my reef tank for a little over a year still learning current tank is a 60 deep blue rimless cube with to jaebo w10s octopus skimmer nwb200 2 Chinese black box lights manly have lps zoas hammers frogs couple leathers 3 clowns one damsel sand sifting goby watchman goby and a small tang (yes I know tang police)

Hi Dromonk,

Clearing sand to find a hard substrate to lay eggs is a typical clown behavior. It does not mean they are actually breeding, but it is a precursor stage.

Once a clown starts, I would plan on this being a constant behavior. They do like to decorate their own "house" in the way they see fit.

 

[dromonk]

My sand is fine sold I change it or add a crush coral on top of it they cause everything to be covered corals don't like it

 

[traveller7]

In my experience, they'll move coral rubble when they decide it is time.

I don't recall seeing the type of clowns, but my maroons and clarkii complex clowns were the worst.

 

[dromonk]

Mine are just the Nemo one one is 4in other is 3 and other is 2 inch all 3 sleep together and play together no fighting at all

 

[hotelbravo]

Mine are just the Nemo one

:headwallblue::headwalls::headwally:

 

[Dkuhlmann]

So which "nemo one" are you talking about, there are actually two different "nemo one" to choose from.

FYI we don't call them nemo fish, we call them by their species. Now if you don't know you can post a picture and we can let you know what you have.

 

[Irishdolphin]

:headwallblue::headwalls::headwally:

lol

 

[shifty51008]

Mine are just the Nemo one one is 4in other is 3 and other is 2 inch all 3 sleep together and play together no fighting at all

There will be fighting after the 2 get established.

 

[dromonk]

I'll post a pic soon as I figure out how to from phone

 

[dromonk]

my clown

my clown

Pic

 

[CoralsAddiction]

How long have you had them?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Can't zoom in on it to see the eyes well enough but looks like Perculas to me. Is the main part of the eye orange with black center or is the whole eye black?

 

[dromonk]

Had the two bigger ones for 2 years little on about a year now all have all black eyes

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Had the two bigger ones for 2 years little on about a year now all have all black eyes

They look like Ocellaris clowns and 2 years is usually good enough for a pair to start mating. As others have suggested it could be related to that.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yep Occellaris or False Percula