clown twitching

[Bous]

I have two percula clowns in my reef tank. I have had them for about a year. They seem too go through bouts of twitching spells. They have always done this that I can remember. They seem healthy in every other way. They eat good and have had good growth since I have had them. Does this sound normal or are my clowns epeleptic(spelling?)? Thanks for the input.

 

[t5Nitro]

I guess it's a pairing thing, my new clown does it to my older clown and I asked about it.

 

[Slakker]

Yeah, often the smaller/male of the pair will do this to signal submission to the dominant female.

 

[Bous]

How can I tell which sex they are. They are about the same size and other than one being a little darker on top there coloration is about the same.

 

[Slakker]

if there's one that's slightly larger that's your female, and also as I understand it, it should be one clown doing the shaking all the time, and not both of them. The one that shakes is your male.

 

[ChunksInClemson]

Both clowns can do "the shake" actually. The female shakes back to say "thats right, I'm in charge". The tomatoes I used to have did this and my Clarki's I have now both shake ....

 

[Slakker]

Oh...just shows to know that no matter how much you read about something, you can always learn something new.

 

[kurt72]

my male false perc shakes, my female shakes very rarely. and when she does it's usually in the sand.

 

[GSMguy]

here are some pictures of my male and female maroon meeting eachother
http://web.mac.com/nggrant/iWeb/Nicks tanks and pets/Maroon Clown PAIRING.html

 

[Chupacabras]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9119824#post9119824 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChunksInClemson
Both clowns can do "the shake" actually. The female shakes back to say "thats right, I'm in charge". The tomatoes I used to have did this and my Clarki's I have now both shake ....

My nigripes do it too. They do it a little differently though as the male will side shake at the female whilst the female will shake with head facing the male.

Clowns are weird.

 

[ChunksInClemson]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9120579#post9120579 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Oh...just shows to know that no matter how much you read about something, you can always learn something new.

Thats for sure!