Hello all!
I have 2 ocellaris clownfish in my 60 gallon tank. I bought them at my LFS when they were an inch long, and now (4 months later) they have grown to 2+ inches, with my female being much thicker and 1/2 inch longer than my male.
They have been exhibiting some weird behavior lately; I noticed that they have been 'seizuring' a lot to one another, and have been picking at my LR and the surrounding sandbed in the corner of the tank where they sleep. This seizuring is not like the first days in my tank when the male would seizure to the female. Now, they seizure back and forth to one another. The male will turn on his side and do it first. Then the female does it back, which cause him to do it again, etc. They then rub on each other and begin picking at the LR again...
All my water parameters are great and stable (nitrite 0, nitrate less than 5, salinity 1.026). The only 2 differences in the tank are increased feedings (from 1-2 times a day to 3-4 times a day) and an increased light period (from 4 hours of daylight to 6). I also have added a Rose Bubble Tip anemone, but the clowns haven't bothered with him...
Anyone see their clowns do this? Hopefully it is normal and is spawning behavior...
I have 2 ocellaris clownfish in my 60 gallon tank. I bought them at my LFS when they were an inch long, and now (4 months later) they have grown to 2+ inches, with my female being much thicker and 1/2 inch longer than my male.
They have been exhibiting some weird behavior lately; I noticed that they have been 'seizuring' a lot to one another, and have been picking at my LR and the surrounding sandbed in the corner of the tank where they sleep. This seizuring is not like the first days in my tank when the male would seizure to the female. Now, they seizure back and forth to one another. The male will turn on his side and do it first. Then the female does it back, which cause him to do it again, etc. They then rub on each other and begin picking at the LR again...
All my water parameters are great and stable (nitrite 0, nitrate less than 5, salinity 1.026). The only 2 differences in the tank are increased feedings (from 1-2 times a day to 3-4 times a day) and an increased light period (from 4 hours of daylight to 6). I also have added a Rose Bubble Tip anemone, but the clowns haven't bothered with him...
Anyone see their clowns do this? Hopefully it is normal and is spawning behavior...
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