Are my Picassos ok?

[premilove]

hey guys, finally got my clowns last thursday, although they have been actuing extremely weird..one, (the bigger one) stays in one spot, and i rarely see it move out of that spot. At first it was the corner towards the front and now its by the return head. The smaller one swims all over the tank. Just earlier he was doing laps around the tank at a rather fast pace. Right now he is swimmiing in the middle of the tank exploring. i have yet to see them go into the rock work. heres a pic of what they were doing earlier..the bigger clown, the one that it is hard to see - -closer to the top andreturn head has not really come out of this spot except when i took my algae scrubber and cleaned the back wall..the bigger clown is hovering in a position where as if you were to look at the tank, his spine is pointed towards the front, almost as if he was laying on his side but just in open water, around the return head..here are some pics

are they ok? they havent eaten anything i am getting worried about the bigger clown..

 

[aznt1217]

Better pics would be cool.

But anyway, sounds like normal clown behavior to me. Every clownfish is different. Are the clowns eating anything?

 

[jhale]

is there any coral for them to host in?

with no coral they act kind of lost, they like to have a security blanket to stay in.

 

[premilove]

ill snap pics right now..there is a bunch of zoas, but they wont host them..otherwise i jsut put in a GBTA from my other tank yday hopeully they will host it if the bigger clown decides to move!

 

[premilove]

no aznt they havent eaten anhything! i tried spot feeding them mysis, but they didnt want it. i tried daphina, but they didnt want that eitehr. next i threw in some flake so see their reaction. nope, didnt want it! back to the mysis, the smaller clown took it in his mouth and spat it out!

 

[aznt1217]

Okay.

1. How long were they in the tank for.
2. What else is in the tank?
3. They don't need to host anything. My false perc hasn't hosted anything and he has been fine thus far.

 

[premilove]

ahh i cant post pics dunno where the camera went!! i just turned off my actinics, turned on my moonlights (i have a jbj 28) and the smaller clown started moving into the tnak more.. the bigger clown got mad and started pinching at the smaller clown for leaving it alone. now they are back in that same spot..

 

[premilove]

last thursday i got them, did I say that earlier? if i didnt i apologize..there is a pistol shrimp and a goby, dotn think its the pistol shrimp bothering the clowns, i have yet to hear its clicking..otherwise i have over 20 morphs of zoas..nothng else..

 

[aznt1217]

.... Okay number 1 slow down don't freak out.

How long have you had the clowns for?
What other livestock do you have in the tank?

 

[premilove]

last thursday, i figured at first that this is due to getting used to the tank but i dont understand why the big clown wont leave that spot, but the smaller one does laps around the tank!

 

[aznt1217]

I wouldn't freak out. My clowns did the same thing. My big one just wiggled in the corner at night and then would be slow but active in the day while the small one swam around a lot.

Just make sure they are able to eat. Did you try like sinking morsels or cyclopeeze?

Don't spot feed the clowns.

 

[premilove]

no i didnt, how do i go about doing that?

would they be used to eating ORA pellet food?

 

[aznt1217]

Well. I would ask the vendor who you bought it from what he was feeding for a start. Give it some time they should be eating like pigs in no time, my clown right now is hovering in one spot and swimming oddly, they do weird things.

 

[premilove]

hey thanks for all your help i appreciate it

 

[JonnyIce]

When I got my baby picasso alone...all he did was swim up and down by the powerhead for the first week...rarely swimming to the front (maybe when hungry). Then I got another baby falsey and aside from the fighting, they seem to move around more...yet they both seem to be 'hosting' the return pump and nano flo jammy for most of the day...

 

[premilove]

lol ok so it isnt just me! thanks! did you have problems feeding them? what are you feeding your clowns?

 

[JonnyIce]

mine were fed the ocean nutrition brine flakes by the breeder, but I couldn't track them down so I got the hikari vitamin-enriched brine shrimp and then ocean nutrition prime reef flakes and they seem to like it...I crumble it up though so it can fit in their mouths... I just throw it in and they wait by the powerheads and get it. cute!