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post #1 of 14
9/7/10 at 7:25pm
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i have two black and white clowns and since i had added them to my tank about 2 months ago , they have been swimming at the surface near the heater only, i tested the water all seem to fine& they eat fine aswell , & was wondering why is this? thank you for yur help:)

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post #2 of 14
9/7/10 at 7:30pm

Is it possible they are hosting the heater???    Mine host filter tubes...LOL

 

I would think that if there was an issue with the clowns, after 2 months something more would have shown up

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post #3 of 14
9/7/10 at 7:43pm
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yeah after a while thats what i started thinking that they were hosting it, just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong., today i actually added to my tank a diamond goby &a coral banded shrimp and the diamond goby  hes been hiding most of the day , do they usually do this (im scared somethings wrong)

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post #4 of 14
9/7/10 at 7:44pm

YEAH....until they get familiar they will hide.....give it a few days

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post #5 of 14
9/7/10 at 8:00pm
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okay good, as of now i have the 2 blk&white clowns, 1diamond goby,4 blue leg harmit, 10 turbo snails, and 1 coral banded shrimp

i would definitly like my center piece fish to be a flame angel but dont know what other colorful fish to add , my tank is 40g

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post #6 of 14
9/7/10 at 8:03pm

is this a fish only tank???

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post #7 of 14
9/7/10 at 9:01pm
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yes Fowlr

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post #8 of 14
9/7/10 at 9:05pm

Look at some wrasses...there are some beauties out there, and if you have no corals, you can look at the non-reef safe ones too

 

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post #9 of 14
9/8/10 at 11:00am
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okay ill definitly look into them, again how many fish could i have in a 40g tank?

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post #10 of 14
10/3/10 at 5:15am

 Your Clowns are probably afraid of that Banded Coral Shrimp. I had the same problem with my Clowns staying at the top by the heater after lights out. I removed the Shrimp and problem solved. The Banded Coral Shrimp is a predator from a different Ocean. 

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post #11 of 14
10/3/10 at 7:20am
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Originally Posted by buga3 View Post

okay ill definitly look into them, again how many fish could i have in a 40g tank?



It all depends on the fish you want. WIth what you currently have, (2x clowns, diamond goby), IMO, you could get 3-4 smaller fish like wrass, or basslet ect. Jut make sure before you buy anything, you reaserch it and make sure its compatable with your fish/tank and you can meet its requirments.

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Originally Posted by Majicmak View Post

 Your Clowns are probably afraid of that Banded Coral Shrimp. I had the same problem with my Clowns staying at the top by the heater after lights out. I removed the Shrimp and problem solved. The Banded Coral Shrimp is a predator from a different Ocean. 



If they go there after the lights turn off, there most likely hosting the heater, not hiding from the shrimp.

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post #12 of 14
10/3/10 at 1:30pm

look into the clown wrasse

it oly gets to about 9 inches and goes threw amazeing color changes like the large angels

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post #13 of 14
10/3/10 at 1:57pm

I had a Black Clownfish with White stripes about a year ago,It would stay on top of the power head all day! I would not worry as long as there eating and stuff.

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post #14 of 14
10/3/10 at 1:59pm

look into a royal gramma!

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