New tank and two new clownfish behavior

nemowannabe

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Hi, I am extremely new to this. I recently bought a 24 gal Aquapod and this past THursday (5 days ago) added two small percula clownfish, from Petco. The man at the store tried to tell me I couldn't add the two at the same time but I felt I knew otherwise as they are both young and small (Though one is slightly larger than the other) When I put them in the tank I watched closely initially and do THINK I saw the submissive behavior in the smaller fish and they seam to be getting along well enough now. My worry is that though they both have healthy appetites, they preety much stay at the top back left corner of the tank. I have this 24 gallon area for them to swim and would like to see them use that space. Also, on Sunday I bought a hammerhead coral and on Monday totally unbuilt and rebuilt my rock structure and added the hammerhead hoping they would use it as a home base. But they continue to hang out in the upper back corner near the flow jets. I can barely even see them in the tank unless it's feeding time. They seem quite timid. I guess I can't blame them with all the recent changes they've experienced but I am wondering if this is "normal" behavior of if I should be concerned. and ALSO if you have any ideas as to how I might entice them out of that upper corner area to enjoy the rest of the tank. Especially the hammerhead coral that I thought they could call "home" Thanks for any advice you can share.
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Did you cycle the tank? And what are the water parameter? In this case mainly ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites.
 
+1 to the cycle and adding a coral that fast......

Clowns take well after there name.... they act in ways show no reason all the time. They are timid fish and some may never go more than 1ft from their anemone in the wild. Mine are timid unless it's feeding time and all show the submissive shakes or want to fight when I poke my big head onto the side of their tanks. The only time my clowns swim feely is under the moonlighting (until 1-2am).
 
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