Clown digging around

Swayze27 · 12/05/2018, 07:50 PM

Have a newer LTA that has buried down and attached to the base of a large rock. It’s looking good, eating like crazy, and beginning to color up nicely. Tomato clowns have taken to it; however, they are tail fanning all the sand from around its foot. Should I just let things be or should I intervene and remove clowns? They are not abusing nem. Just digging around it and exposing a good bit of its foot.

Planetmacro · 12/16/2018, 01:45 PM

Clownfish fan at the sand looking for food. I would leave them alone.

Uncle99 · 12/18/2018, 07:17 AM

Yup, normal, don’t touch

faviasteve · 12/27/2018, 12:54 PM

Are the clowns a breeding pair? They may be looking for a solid surface to lay eggs on. I've had some clowns that tail fanned all the time... and it was annoying but never hurt anything, other than getting a little sand on nearby corals. Others never seem to do it. Completely normal.

12/05/2018, 07:50 PM	#1
Swayze27 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Warrior, AL Posts: 546	Clown digging around Have a newer LTA that has buried down and attached to the base of a large rock. It’s looking good, eating like crazy, and beginning to color up nicely. Tomato clowns have taken to it; however, they are tail fanning all the sand from around its foot. Should I just let things be or should I intervene and remove clowns? They are not abusing nem. Just digging around it and exposing a good bit of its foot. __________________ "Crime is a disease, I'm the cure" - Marion Cobretti Current Tank Info: 180 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump

12/16/2018, 01:45 PM	#2
Planetmacro Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 160	Clownfish fan at the sand looking for food. I would leave them alone.

12/18/2018, 07:17 AM	#3
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	Yup, normal, don’t touch

12/27/2018, 12:54 PM	#4
faviasteve Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Logan, Utah Posts: 57	Are the clowns a breeding pair? They may be looking for a solid surface to lay eggs on. I've had some clowns that tail fanned all the time... and it was annoying but never hurt anything, other than getting a little sand on nearby corals. Others never seem to do it. Completely normal.