motorcity
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I have 2 new Clown fish (false percs, tank raised) that I think are pretty young. They are both less than an inch long. I have had them since Saturday. Today I was watching them when the lights went out - about half hour ago. They freaked out! They swam around all over the place, real fast and they looked very stressed.
The last 2 nights they spent the night in one of the front corners of the tank where there is a decent amount of flow. I think they were sleeping but dont know for sure, they had to do alot of swimming to stay in place if they were sleeping.
Anyhow, I know they feel comfortable in that corner so I went and sat real close to the tank in that corner until they came over there and seemed to calm down. Now they are doing the same thing they have done the last 2 nights, swimming in place in a corner with considerable flow.
Is this normal, will they get used to it and not freak out when the lights go out? They seemed to do a little better after I shut the rest of the lights in the room off so its pretty dark in there. There is just the moon lights and a little ambient light leaking in from an adjacent room.
My other question is - are they really sleeping even though it looks like they have to swim to stay in place? They have stayed there the entire night the last 2 nights, in the corner huddled up close to each other.
The last 2 nights they spent the night in one of the front corners of the tank where there is a decent amount of flow. I think they were sleeping but dont know for sure, they had to do alot of swimming to stay in place if they were sleeping.
Anyhow, I know they feel comfortable in that corner so I went and sat real close to the tank in that corner until they came over there and seemed to calm down. Now they are doing the same thing they have done the last 2 nights, swimming in place in a corner with considerable flow.
Is this normal, will they get used to it and not freak out when the lights go out? They seemed to do a little better after I shut the rest of the lights in the room off so its pretty dark in there. There is just the moon lights and a little ambient light leaking in from an adjacent room.
My other question is - are they really sleeping even though it looks like they have to swim to stay in place? They have stayed there the entire night the last 2 nights, in the corner huddled up close to each other.
