Twitchy Clown

[hawkey992]

I have a small Ocellaris clown who has a strange tendency to twitch from time to time. At first they were merely gentle ticks and very rare, but they are getting more violent and much more frequent. The twitches are seeming to be originating from the head region but the vibrations shake his whole body. No other fishes show this behavior, including the other ocellaris clown, although my one spot foxface recently died anamolously, out of the blue he was pale and had trouble swimming and he died the next. The worsening of the clown's condition and the anomalous death of the foxface has got me worried, does anyone have any insight in to this?

 

[raen]

Are you doing anything different? When mine are stressed, ie during a water change ect, they both twitch. They also twitch during additions to the tank.

 

[LockeOak]

Is it part of a mated pair? Are you sure it's not the male's submission behavior? The males will shake at the female to indicate their submission.

 

[cl2ysta1]

definetly a sign of submission. they look like they go into seizures

 

[hawkey992]

That makes very much sense, as the other ocellaris is much larger than the twitchy one, whew, thanks for clearing that one up : )

 

[yellowslayer13]

thats what mine do the male goes in to vertical seizers

 

[Chibils]

Clearly he needs his fix...