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Hi guys can anyone advise me, I transfered two clown to a about 4ft tank, brought another 3, also seem to well.. however a little bit last night & this 1 my clowns keep hang in centre of tank, but keeping leaning to the left, some times nearly makes her go upside down, but quickly gets back in to normal poistion. It is almost like it to lazy to hold poistion, use fin one side, then when tilting uses all its fins. I have every I thought I'd remember forgot, all waters test are fine, the other clowns are fine & there is no sign of a disese ie fins are not clamped, alert easting n so on, if you put your hand in tank it swims super fast. I don't understand why? Any suggestion, I don't no if she messing with me? Be grateful for advice even if is bad news! Cheers

don't worry mate thats just a thing they do to scare the pants of the owner.
i don't have clowns but i have alot of botia, and they do it all the time, i don't panic but my missus comes to tell me i have a fish thats dying but she's got fedup of telling me now, cos i just say it's OK it's normal.

mick

Hi Mick, that's a lot, I tell ya their true con artists! Tell was getting sick as a pig, my family laugh telling me it only a fish, dam cheek, I love them fish. I tested all water every cool with that, just done a part water change anyway, for a "dieing fish" she moved pretty quick! I put bit blood worm in & she got her share, Lol, these fish we have me in A&E before long! Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply, happy fishing.

Very common. Even worse they will fall asleep on their side or upside down. They are indeed out to scare you.

Some do this more than others, though. So it is common that you had a few that did not show this behavior and now a new one does do odd things like this.

Its surprising to see at first, its still a behaviour that still makes me smile everytime, there are 3 main ones in my group that will line up at the front and do this early evening each night..... I like to think it as the fish are happy enough to expose themselves and 'relax' as they feel confident and content in the tank that they are in, whether theres much truth in that I dont know, but its what I like to think






Ashleigh

Thanks guys, I tell ya got 10 times in the night just to be sure, little con artist looking for her grub! Haven't had them long so gota get used to their strange behaviour. Lol all is well in the tank thank god its my day off, I feel like I've been up alnight with a new born! Loving the pic of the clown on its side what jokers. Thanks again.
Happy fishing.

told you mate, nowt to worry about just enjoy them.

mick

OH...that happend to me too when I was new with cl's I always wonder if there ok specially when I see them lying on their sides and when I see them not active I tend to tap the glass a little to see if they are ok.