Clown Fish having Seizures

[dbalkema]

Ok, so this might be a real weird question, but my clown fish is having seizures. He turns on his side shakes a little bit and then pops up back to normal. He looks healthy other wise. Does anyone know what might be wrong??
Thanks,
Dan

 

[susieq]

Are you sure he isn't just marking territory?

 

[beth]

Sounds like normal clown antics.

 

[dbalkema]

Clown fish antics? Marking territory? I don't know, I have had clownfish before, but I haven't seen this before. Both of my clowns are just turning on there side sometimes upside down and they look like they are spazzing out. It kinda looks like they are in pain, but I don't know.

 

[susieq]

Mine has been doing that for a year now. Maybe yours just reached maturity.

 

[pontius]

if there are 2 clowns (or even a clown and other fish), the clown will do this shake to show it's dominance. with 2 clowns, the one that has enough fits to show that it is more dominant will become the female of the pair.

 

[bonebrake]

I have heard the exact opposite of what Pontius said, but I do not know which is correct. I have heard that the one that spazzes out is showing submission to the dominant one. I have a pair of clowns and the smaller of the two will "have seizures" in front of the larger clown. Regardless, this is normal clownfish behavior. As normal as clownfish behave in the first place I suppose!
:joy:

 

[wla1610]

I paired up 2 gold stripe maroon clowns and thats what the smaller one does. In fact when they were put together he did that alot. The larger maroon didn't attack the smaller one, but it kept trying to pull the smaller maroon into the anemone while the smaller one looked like it was having a seizure. They get along just fine now.

 

[d00kie]

I have two ocellaris clowns right now and the smaller one does the seizure thing as well.

 

[dougsback]

Originally Posted by Beth
Sounds like normal clown antics.
mine do it too

 

[tizzo]

Mine also and I have 2 different clowns that are not even a pair. Usually it's the smaller ocellaris, but once or twice, I have seen the larger clarkii do it also.

 

[27mtaylor]

My clarki does that around my yellow tail damsel and my pacific blue tang, and the clarki is the bully of the tank.