what are my clownfish doing. swimming weird. video, can u pls look.

[neupane00]

hey guys, i just got a pair of clowns today for my new aquarium.. water conditions are very good. But they are swimming weird. Like kinda just floating around. they are horizontal, and then take a nose dive down and again back to horizontal. can u pls look at both videos and tell me if this is weird? are they just sleeping??

video1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvB7BD7dd4

video2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxeBpw_A17I

 

[Magga Pie]

They look fine mine do that once the lights go out

 

[SidCat]

My ocellaris pair are doing that as we speak - the lights are out. It may take a few minutes for them to start swimming normally once you turn the lights back on.

 

[neupane00]

Thank u both. I guess they were just sleeping. They are fine this morning when the lights came back on

 

[akitty6552]

I used to have a pair of clowns that would rest on the sand when the lights went out, clownfish do odd things when the lights go out.

 

[jmadison]

theyre sleeping!

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Really? When mine sleep they lie down in the anemone and don't move - like they're dead.

 

[Hephalump]

Mine cuddle up next to each other in the corner of the tank. It's really cute to watch.

 

[LiveRound69]

looks like they are doing that dance clownfish do when they mate. Its like a display dance. Mine do it all the time. And of course lay eggs as a result of the mating. good luck