Clownfish and lights

[jasonator]

2 month old 24g Cardiff
Neptune Apex wifi
Cycled for a month and half
20ish pounds of live rock
2ish inches of live sand
Kessil A150 Ocean Blue 15000k
5 snails after about 3 weeks

So here is my query:

I purchased 2 M/F Picasso Clown captive bred. It took 2 days for them to start eating. Not a problem, but day 3 and 4 were "normal".....but NOW, Today, when I turn my light on to feed or watch them, they go hide. Mind you, we are at day 5, I got them on Sunday.

I thought it might be the intensity so raised the light and tried again, ran and hid.

So put a thin sheet to diffuse the light over the tank and tried then. Same result.

I even turned the light out completely and used my hiking headlamp, and they didn't care for that either. Thinking it was the blue coloration. No luck.

I don't believe its stray voltage, I have a grounding wire in the tank and the light is on my Apex controller along with everything else in the tank.

I am at a loss for words as to what I should do. I have read that everybody else's clowns love the light, mine seem to be super Emo and love the dark.

When it's just ambient light and they are out, I can even get them to follow my finger over the glass. So it's not me they are scared of.

Will this behavior correct itself over time? I have ruled out color, I read once a persons clown didn't like their mate in the blue, that is not my case.

I am ready and willing to do whatever my fish like, but I do plan on corals and I will need the light. I don't want to force them into hiding.

Please advise. Thank you in advance.


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[xanthurum]

My opinion is don't stress yourself. Captive bred clowns are super easy. The issue is probably that they have been through a lot recently. The breeder has their way of doing things and foods they feed. The clowns were accustomed to this as well as being in a tank with 100 of their brothers and sisters.

Then they were shipped to a store where things were completely different, different food, different lighting. Different flow and no familiar faces. After that they were bagged up and put in your tank which was again completely different. I would ask where your store got them from and reach out to the breeder tome what they recommend for food. They will come around. My pair of clowns still hangs out in the corner of the tank and I have had them for almost a year.

 

[zsuman101]

My opinion is don't stress yourself. Captive bred clowns are super easy. The issue is probably that they have been through a lot recently. The breeder has their way of doing things and foods they feed. The clowns were accustomed to this as well as being in a tank with 100 of their brothers and sisters.

Then they were shipped to a store where things were completely different, different food, different lighting. Different flow and no familiar faces. After that they were bagged up and put in your tank which was again completely different. I would ask where your store got them from and reach out to the breeder tome what they recommend for food. They will come around. My pair of clowns still hangs out in the corner of the tank and I have had them for almost a year.

fully agree, they will be biting you soon enough. my picassos are so tame that if i need to catch them i just cup my hand and they swim in then i just remove them. its pretty weird they just have no fear.

 

[jasonator]

Thank you guys. I have been leaving the lights on for longer and longer periods over the last 2 days and they are coming out and around now.

I probably should not have worried, but I take pride in spoiling my pets, and Bonnie/Clyde are no exception.




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