Is this clown ok or should I take him back?

gemmasicolo

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I got these little guys yesterday and I've noticed that the larger one is not moving from that one spot and she keeps her side fins and bottom fins tucked in. The smaller one is more active and swims around the front of the tank and has a cute personality. They are both eating but the larger one just floats in that one spot and does nothing. You can also see that her fins are a little beat up.
I don't know if I should take her back or not. She was the largest one in the group and if I have to exchange her I'm going to have to get one from the larger tank and I don't know if it will be too big for the other little guy I have. The LFS said that it doesn't sound normal and to bring it back and they would let me exchange it. Should I wait it out and see what happens? I'm a little torn to let her go. HELP!

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As long as it's eating its a good sign, I would think its trying to heal the torn fins and recover after being beat up. I had a royal grammer that was the same way, would never come out or move except to eat. A few weeks later he was live and well with a new set of fins...maybe something else but just IME
 
Thank you. I'm hoping to get some positive feedback because I really don't want to bring her back, they are the perfect size. All the other ones in the tank were the same size as the small one and the ones in the larger tank were about 3 to 4 times bigger and I wasn't sure if they would be ok.
 
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