my clown stressed maybe

shroomie2u

shroomie2u

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so i have had one ocularis(sorry bout spelling but you know what i mean) of 3 weeks now. he is doing good, all was well. i bought two black and white ocularis (again with the spelling!) a mated pair. we introduced them into the tank after quarantine for two weeks, and they all were swimming together fine for a few. then they started to push the lil orange one down toward the bottom. so we turned the lights off. after a while the pair went to the top of the tank and took the orange spot and appeared to sleep. but my question is about the orange one. he is just sitting at the bottom in the front of the tank, he is slowly moving and appears still be bright but he isn't going to the top of the tank to sleep. can they sleep at the bottom? is this a stressful behavior? kinda worried about weather or not he will make it thru the night. please help me understand what is going on.
they didn't chase him or nip at him, the big one (the female) was kinda pushy but thats it. i'm worried.
 
juice_1080

juice_1080

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How big of a tank do you have? You don't want more than one pair of clowns unless the tank size permits and mixing different breeds of clownfish is also a big problem. Clownfish are very territorial. I have to Gold Stripe Maroons from ORA that more than likely grew up together and they are still very territorial against each other for the time being.
Bottom line you should prolly either get rid of the loner or the pair, you shouldn't have 3 clowns of different breeds, let alone 3 clowns period.
Maybe I am wrong though but chances are if your tank is less than 6ft (prolly needs to be longer) things will only get worse.
(This message is not meant to bash you but in attempts to help you)
 
invertcrazy

invertcrazy

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Originally Posted by juice_1080
http:///forum/post/2704600
How big of a tank do you have? You don't want more than one pair of clowns unless the tank size permits and mixing different breeds of clownfish is also a big problem. Clownfish are very territorial. I have to Gold Stripe Maroons from ORA that more than likely grew up together and they are still very territorial against each other for the time being.
Bottom line you should prolly either get rid of the loner or the pair, you shouldn't have 3 clowns of different breeds, let alone 3 clowns period.
Maybe I am wrong though but chances are if your tank is less than 6ft (prolly needs to be longer) things will only get worse.
(This message is not meant to bash you but in attempts to help you)
+1
What size tank and what other fish do you have in there?
 
shroomie2u

shroomie2u

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it's a 24g with a watchmen goby and a small yellow tail damsel. the 3 clowns are all the same kind (ocularis) and today they are all swimming around happily. looks like everyone in the tank is happy actually. still kinda worried because i don't want the orange one to die.
 
shroomie2u

shroomie2u

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but why? they are all the same kind.
i thought this was the way to do it....
ok so what if i got another orange oc, would that work?
sorry to question yall, the guy at the store said as long as they are the same kind and they (the pair) has been in a tank with other clowns, they should be fine. i'm just a little confused because it seems like people all same different stuff. does it matter that the lil orange oc is submissive to the pair?
i appriciate all the advice, i am not ungrateful. i will get rid of the lil orange one if i have to, but i would like to have two sets of clowns but all the same kind.
 
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