Is my fish crazy?

[Mr. Fish Stick]

Hello everyone,

After 4 months I finally got a fish for my 15g L reef. It is a juvenile mis-barred captive bred Ocellaris clown. I put it in my tank roughly 5 hours ago (I know I didn't quaranteen) and the whole time it has been almost up against the front of the tank swimming back and forth the whole time. Is this normal behavior?



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[discus010]

Probably wants to get out of the tank so that it can be in a bigger environment

 

[nlknight]

lol ! not to be rude but i agree, probably feels like fish prison.

 

[Mr. Fish Stick]

I am 100% sure the size of the tank is not the issue. For starters the tank is 24 times the length of the fish. Not to mention it was both reared and kept in tanks smaller than the current one. Also the hosting behavior of clown fishes makes them ideal for smaller enclosures due to the limited distance they travel away from the hosted anemone. This is not a tang, or a wrasse that likes to swim large distances along a reef. So while all of your opinions are appreciated, I would rather not have this turn into a nano-bashing thread.

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[SVXH6]

its normal its in a new enviroment, just checkin things out.. it was probably in the tank at the store with other clowns and may be wondering why he is all alone now..lol..i have a few different clown pairs(different tanks) and they choose something, host it and primarily dont swim too much from it.. thats why some* species*(not all) are great for smaller tanks..IMO your tank size is fine for a ocellaris..

 

[OrionN]

Re: Is my fish crazy?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8417211#post8417211 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr. Fish Stick
.....I put it in my tank roughly 5 hours ago .....

Give it a little time. Overnight.

 

[ClownNut]

that clown was going after it own reflection...

 

[dangpride]

same thing happend to me - after a few days, he started to swim over the whole tank (24 gallon)

 

[luckylittleman]

My clown did that for 3 days straight even at night. It took a good week for them to start investigating the tank.

 

[KPOLYP]

after two weeks my clowns in my nano 12 g still flutter in the corner

 

[cokemanmark]

you sould be fine and it don want out i got 2 in a 55 and they do the same thing

 

[cokemanmark]

and have been for about 5 months