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06/13/2018, 04:35 AM
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Clownfish not eating and swimming vertically
Hello,
I got my first pair of clownfish three days ago, they are now in my QT tank. Second day they ate a little, but today they just ate and spit out food (ocean nutrition pellet formula two). Since today there is one clownfish swimming vertically all day (see video). It is normal for the clown to keep swimming vertically ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6qx...ature=youtu.be |
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06/13/2018, 07:19 AM
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Looks like he's just having some fun swimming in the flow, perfectly normal. As far as spitting out the food, I wouldn't worry about it too much right now, maybe try some Mysis and see if they eat that or try soaking the ocean nutrition in garlic and see if that helps
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06/13/2018, 07:27 AM
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Yeah, he looks pretty healthy. Clownfish do some weird things sometimes. As for the eating, probably just stress and will come around.
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06/13/2018, 01:21 PM
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Agree it appears normal and not to be a swim bladder issue
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06/13/2018, 01:21 PM
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As above, clownfish do some weird things. My last pair stayed in the corner and were always vertical(they staked out the corner PH as their home. So they were always behind it vertically), unless it was food time.
And again, I wouldn't worry too much about eating right now. I've had fish never eat through the entire TTM process(12 days). Try some frozen mysis, maybe soaked in a bit of selcon. Selcon always works for finicky eaters for me.
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06/13/2018, 01:33 PM
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Agree with above. Looks like it's enjoying the flow. Definitely try mysis or LRS Fish Frenzy if you can in the next day or so. That being said, when using those foods, siphon/scoop out anything on the bottom of the tank after a few minutes after feeding that they haven't eaten and watch for ammonia spikes.
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06/16/2018, 11:25 AM
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They are doing better now and eating pellets ferociously.
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06/16/2018, 02:11 PM
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I can't tell you how many times I see posts of clowns not eating first few days, very common
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