Shaky Clownfish
- Thread starter DustinKeating
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CRAzy you ask....i had 2 clarkii clowns, when the bigger dominent fish would approach the smaller fish the fish after the big fish would turn around the smaller fish would tweek out!! Like a small spasm or 1/2 or full second mini seizure. It was crazy when i first saw him do it. but he always ate seemed fine no white spots. I traded them for some other fish cuz they were to territorial. but i guess the guy that has him now says he does the same thing. At first i thought i might hhave electrical current ungrounded in my tank but none of the other fish did it. this fish been doing this for bout 4 to 5 months as far as i know. I would definetly be worried bout the hard breathing! crazy though never hearrd of anyone else having that problem. lemme know what ya think
Clownfish disease infects about 80-90 percent of wild caught clownfish. Its a parasite that infects the gills usually killing the fish within a few days. Signs of the disease are rapid breatging, listlessness, loss of appetite, and eventually a white mucus covering the fish...if you have none of these signs, then good.
I have 2 tank raised common clownfish that I bought 2 weeks ago and I noticed one of them doing the same thing. I've only seen it happen twice, they are both the same size (1.5 in.) and I don't know if it was the same one that did it both times. What I saw was 1 of the clowns swam up next to the other, convulsed for a second, then swam away. I thought this was strange too. Both eat like crazy and seem very happy so I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a mating thing?
My fish do the same thing too... the smaller of the two approaches the larger one...they are both really young, but one has already started getting bigger than the other...anywho, when he approaches her every once in a while he will turn on this side or go completely vertical and start to seizure for like a half second...it looks kind of funny, but i was worried... so i talked to the fish expert at my fish store and she said it is just the male showing the female that she is more dominant than him... Both my fish look really healthy and eat very well. definately keep an eye on the heavy breathing though. Hope this helps...
