Clown fish trouble!

[Shipley18]

i jsut saw my clown fish and he was on his side at the top of my tank...his colors looks great he eats alot when i feed him...is it possible that my current is too strong i only have a 170 gph powerhead in my 20 gallon

 

[Julie-Anne]

umm i may be wrong but im almost sure that clownfish sleep on their sides like ona rock or something

 

[Shipley18]

but tis no ton a rock its liek at teh top of my tank\

 

[wayne]

How does your tank look. It's probably just nervous

 

[KahluaZzZ]

mine always sleeps between powerheads, where there's less current. at the right top. He's very healthy and colorful. Nothing wrong there.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

BTW i don't think clowns really care about current, even tough they're not great swimmer. Mine like to think he's a salmon, and put himslef in front of the biggest powerhead and swim right in front on it, until he can't keep up..then, like 1 mn later, he tries again. He's training for the olympics

 

[Shipley18]

aww lol ya mines color is awesoem i just got scared because in my experience when a fish swims at the very top on his side...his close to death but hes looking good and tommorow my 65 watt light comes in so hopefully that will help everything

 

[JustinP]

Was this happening at night? Clowns do "sleep" strangely. My pair sleeps in the upper corner of the tank too sometimes sideways, sometimes facing down. Once I saw one laying completely on its side in an anemone and I thought it was dead. Point is it's nothing to worry about if it's nighttime, likely just natural behavior.

 

[DustinKeating]

Clowns (in my experience) have a lot of strange traits, for example mine chase each other and when one is caught it kinda shakes submissively...sounds harsh but they're a mated pair. and they sleep in some really strange places.