Sad clowns?

[adam582]

Hey guys. I got a pair of true percs from aquatic obsessions about 2and 1/2 weeks ago. They look great and they eat like animals. The only thing is they just sit in the upper right hand corner of my tank.. swimming up and down and just boring as hell... they are not exploring the rest of my 55 gallon nor are they hosting my GBTA which is accross the tank. I dont understand. Are they sad? are they dumb? any suggestions on getting them to host anemone or actually swim around like fish?

picture of them is my avatar =)

 

[wonderballz]

I have heard they learn best by seeing how it's done, so jump in there and show them how it's done. Mine took a couple of weeks before they got totally comfortable, so they may just need time. the female now hosts my frogspawn. They like to move all around the tank and are growing nicely. I have read about people taping pictures of a clown in a nem to the side of the tank, but I am not sure if that works. I am sure someone will chime in if they can tear themselves away from the entertainment in some other threads on the forum...

 

[pauliwalnuts]

If they're tank bred, you're going to come up with something to trick them into doing so.

 

[wonderballz]

Oh yeah Pauli, I forgot that I was feeding the clowns with a baster. I shot the food close to the frogspawn so they associated the food with the spawn.
you can try that

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Oh yeah Pauli, I forgot that I was feeding the clowns with a baster. I shot the food close to the frogspawn so they associated the food with the spawn.
you can try that

Not a bad idea at all

 

[armani4o3]

i have a pair of blk occ and they just stayed in one spot. so I added another clown that look active and sure enough he tought them how to explore the whole tank than they found the rbta

 

[adam582]

just checked my parameters to make sure everything was ok.. ammonia is zero and nitrates are at 20... so i just think they dunno how to swim around i guess... going to do what armani said and get another clown i guess.. I have a purple tang and a flame angel and they are doing fine

 

[THEDLO]

how do u like the flame so far? sweet right? is he still a nervous swimmer? lol

 

[guarda]

My clown stays in a 5"x5" space in the right corner of my 20G hosting my return pump 98% of the time. He hasn't really left that space in the 5 months or so that i've had this tank.

 

[adam582]

how do u like the flame so far? sweet right? is he still a nervous swimmer? lol

the flame is awesome.. he loves it and is super happy. constantly going in and out of caves and swimming from tank end to end. thanks again brother

 

[THEDLO]

haha np just glad it went to a good home :hug: