Skunk clown questions

[Fmellish]

I am new to owning a skunk clown.

I have a newly cycled 20 gallon FOwLR tank. I have a skunk clown, a six-line wrasse, a pink spot goby, and a mimic filefish.

Tonight I noticed my skunk clown doing something weird. He was splashing his tail in the sand and using it to dig pits in the sand bed. He would wiggle his tail in the sand violently sending plumes of sand into the water. it's like he was trying to scratch his butt.

I also witnessed him scooping up sand in his mouth and spitting it out, like a sand sifting goby, except not letting it through his gills.

It was almost like a nesting behavior.

Anyway, I've owned Ocellaris and Percula and never experience this.

Is this just a skunk clown thing? That they dig and eat sand? or is there something going on with my skunk clown?

Your thoughts are appreciated.

Cheers
Josh

 

[Flighty]

She is getting a nest site ready. Skunks are very docile to other fish, but they clean their nesting site pretty aggressively. If you give here something soft to nest in like a fake anemone or some macro algae up in the rockwork, she will probably leave the sand alone. Even a small clay pot would probably work.

 

[BONDQ]

Sounds like you have b!tch on your hands.

j/k

 

[Fmellish]

She has like three different pits that she likes to dig in.

Josh