Clown fish help please!

Tim Cannon

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My female clown fish is acting strange, I have had the the pair of true percs since the tank was set up which is around 6 months now. Tonight I noticed her swimming to the front of the tank at the bottom near a rock and laying there for moments at a time. In the same spot always.She then will start swimming again like nothing's wrong. The male is acting normal. The female looks perfect, no spots,no heavy breathing, and eats pellets when I fed tonight.
Tank info, it's a 180 barebottom, calcium,alk,mag,and salinity is pretty spot on. Phosphate are .03-.05 but my nitrate is about 20ppm. I am vineger dosing and heavy skimming with an over sized skimmer.
Sorry about the long post, but any help or insight to her behavior would be greatly appreciated.
 
I wouldnt worry about it to much one of mine us to do that it was it fine . Till I get a new fish and crashed he tank . Learned the hard way about QT
 
Pretty sure its prespawning behaviour. Mine does it as well as the lights are ramping down. Looks like its snuggling the sand bed. Clowns do a lot of strange things!
 
Snugging a pillow - shot taken when actinics only were on as the lights were going off for the day.

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