Clown Fish Questions

[spiropantaz]

Hey,

Just a few quick questions. Im new to reef keeping and never had Clown fish before. Purchased my first 2 clowns about 5 days ago.
My questions are.....

Why is it that my clowns swim around alll night? Do clowns rest like most other fish at night? Sometimes i see the large female swim to my plate coral(i unfortunately dnt have an anemone yet) and swim into it at night face first and stay there for a few seconds but the plate coral soon retracts all its tentacles and the clown fish has no where to rest?

Also why does the female snap her mouth together 7 or 8 times in a row and making a snapping noise with her mouth?

My tank is about 7 weeks old..... what anemone can i look at getting that the Ocellaris clowns will take to? One that might be easy to look after and not too boring in colour?

Any other important notes i should know about keeping ocellaris clowns?

Should i turn the pumps off when feeding? And what sort of things other then fish pellets and shrimp can i feed them?

 

[jkrentz2515]

I feed mine mysis shrimp and cyclopeeze. Cyclopeeze has made a dramatic change to the color of my fish, when I first bought them I thought they were bright but after about 2 weeks of using this stuff I have seen them really brighten up. I would say wait on an anemone until your tank is a little more mature. Your best bet would be a Rose Bubble Tip Anemone though when you do decide to get one.

 

[spiropantaz]

What about the sleeping habbits of anemone? Do they need one to sleep and why do they swim around all night? Got up to go to the toilet about 3 times last night (drunk alot of water) lol but they were swimming each time!

 

[sk8boarder]

i have a pair of B/W ocelaris and for the first few weeks they would swim non-stop. but i recently put in an RBTA and a leather and it took the leather. its really a hit/miss situation when you have other corals in the tank. with respect to the anemone wait at least 6 months before u put it in.