New clowns in QT

[Luke Schnabel]

I just started my tank about two weeks ago. I got a pair of percula clowns from my LFS. They have been in the QT for two days now, they have become very fond of a PVC pipe. They are rubbing all over it. Is that them just making themselves at home or the start of something I should be worried about???

Thanks

 

[Genera]

Might be C. irritans (ich). Do they 'flash' against it, which is quickly rubbing their side on a surface.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

They are probably treating it as an anemone. I had the same happen to a pair of ORA Ocellaris clowns in QT. if it's a quick scratch against the PVC pipe then it could be disease. If its occasionally somewhat of a prolonged rubbing then they are ok.