Shaking Percula Clownfish

[phil9t]

My Percula Clownfish( 1 of 2 ) seems to shake or what looks to me to be some kind of seizure or ticking. Anyone knows what this could be? It not like a ich rub or anything it does this while swimming will just stop and just start seizing and when done mybe 3-4 sec it will continue swimming like nothing ever happend.

 

[Yinger]

it's showing that its being submissive towards the other clown. Its a good thing

 

[phil9t]

why would it be showing that it's submissive. So does this mean that I have to males in my tank?

 

[Jayded]

That sounds like what my female did not long ago. She would just stop and shudder and then swim on. I asked the LFS and they said to turn it all off and try turning it back on bit by bit and see if it was a problem with something in the tank. We never got to that because she stopped doing it and never did it again. The male did it the other day once and that was it. Not sure what it was.

 

[CKreef]

The males shake to show submissiveness to the female. The female is dominate in a clown pair. Its a good thing.