
clown fish?
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clown fish?
i just noticed one of my clowns on the bottom of my tank thought it was dead but when i went to net him he took off
looks to be ok but my wife said she seen him doing it too they sleep in my xzena so im lost thanx for any help

- Amphiprion
- Astrea snail
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Re: clown fish?
How does it look otherwise? Is it still eating and acting normally otherwise? If so, then I wouldn't be too concerned. Mine would lay on their sides at night and look like they were dead.
Andrew
25g planted nature aquarium
25g planted nature aquarium
Re: clown fish?
Yea he is eating and swimming around fine just late in the day (within 1 hr of lights out) he just lays down on his side in the sand at the front of the tank. Just resting I guess lol
Hey whats the best thing (non chemical) to help rid the tank of glass anemones?
Hey whats the best thing (non chemical) to help rid the tank of glass anemones?
- Amphiprion
- Astrea snail
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- Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:41 pm
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Re: clown fish?
Depends upon what you are willing to go through to get rid of them. Several fish options are available, all with their own risks and problems. These include several butterflyfishes, including copperbands, etc. There's also the bristletail filefish, which I have. It is slowly picking them off. The filefish is a lot hardier than the butterflies, though, and is reasonably reef safe. There's also peppermint shrimp, which are hit-or-miss in most cases, especially seeing how the wrong species is very commonly imported. Then there is the sure-fire Berghia verrucicornis nudibranch. This one is a bit intensive, since you have to pretty much have a separate tank to alternate the rocks in with the little guys. They don't do well in the main tank with full water flow. The main thing beyond that is to make sure you keep introducing the egg masses in with the rocks to make sure you've got plenty of them to chow down on the Aiptasia. Beyond that, you are pretty much only left with chemical measures, all of which work, but are strictly temporary.
Andrew
25g planted nature aquarium
25g planted nature aquarium