Clownfish Horror!

[Oprime]

Hi Guys. My 63 litre, 2 foot tank has been running for 2 weeks now with live rock and I decided to add a Percula Clownfish yesterday - the Orange and White one. This was yesterday. He was doing great so this afternoon I decided to get him a companion. Another one of the same species. Merrily added another to the tank today and then TROUBLE. They started to take a go at each other. The one I introduced today was slightly bigger then the one I got yesterday. Initially i thought that it would be OKAY, that they were just mucking about then all of a sudden, the smaller one, the one i got yesterday JUMPED OUT OF MY TANK!. Needless to say I almost had a cardiac arrest. The Adrenaline set in and i managed to immediately shift the entire tank in a single bound and rescued my baby. Put her back into the tank and thank god she's doing fine. Even had to to a little procedure on her as when she landed on the hall tiles she ingested a fine nylon fibre which came from my carpet. Had to fish her out later and gently pull the fibre out of her mouth. She's doing good now and the other one was sent back to the LFS. I thank god that so far so good but to all of you out there who might end up with a similar situation PLEASE DO NOT ADD TWO Perculas into your nano tank. Life is stressful enough as it is. We dont need to give ourselves a stroke!.

All the Best & Happy Reefing

(added two blue legged hermits - amazing lil buggers)

[yikai]

wow how dramatic.

like reading an action film!

pairing clowns are easy. initial bickering is expected.

[Oprime]

wow how dramatic.

like reading an action film!

pairing clowns are easy. initial bickering is expected.

Dude "dramatic" doesn't do justice to what happened man. Imagine your first fish going bungy on you! Not cool!

[Oprime]

Added A Sixline Wrasse as well besides the two blue Legged Hermits. So its 1 Percula + 1 Wrasse and two Blue Legged Hermits and Live rock with a Green Goniopora.....

[yikai]

always cover your tank if you don't want your fish to jump.

always use protection.

[Oprime]

always cover your tank if you don't want your fish to jump.

always use protection.

LOL Great Advice. problem is with the lighting and the hang on this and hang on that. I guess I have to get a wire or nylon mesh. Any ideas on what else I can add with the Wrasse and the Clown?

[vinccc2009]

Chromis?

U can use plastic egg crate to cover the tank.

[Vlamingi_cont]

Hi Guys. My 63 litre, 2 foot tank has been running for 2 weeks now with live rock and I decided to add a Percula Clownfish yesterday - the Orange and White one. This was yesterday. He was doing great so this afternoon I decided to get him a companion. Another one of the same species. Merrily added another to the tank today and then TROUBLE. They started to take a go at each other. The one I introduced today was slightly bigger then the one I got yesterday. Initially i thought that it would be OKAY, that they were just mucking about then all of a sudden, the smaller one, the one i got yesterday JUMPED OUT OF MY TANK!. Needless to say I almost had a cardiac arrest. The Adrenaline set in and i managed to immediately shift the entire tank in a single bound and rescued my baby. Put her back into the tank and thank god she's doing fine. Even had to to a little procedure on her as when she landed on the hall tiles she ingested a fine nylon fibre which came from my carpet. Had to fish her out later and gently pull the fibre out of her mouth. She's doing good now and the other one was sent back to the LFS. I thank god that so far so good but to all of you out there who might end up with a similar situation PLEASE DO NOT ADD TWO Perculas into your nano tank. Life is stressful enough as it is. We dont need to give ourselves a stroke!.

All the Best & Happy Reefing

(added two blue legged hermits - amazing lil buggers)

wow.. thats a little setback for me.. i added another percula to my tank apart from the first one.. however the second one i added was significantly bigger than the first which i guess eliminates the aggression.. but till now seems like they have paired up and fingers crossed :ph34r: I also read that fishes tend to jump when lights are out.. so i place a plastic piece over my tank at night.. did your clown jumped when lights are on or when lights are off?

[Oprime]

wow.. thats a little setback for me.. i added another percula to my tank apart from the first one.. however the second one i added was significantly bigger than the first which i guess eliminates the aggression.. but till now seems like they have paired up and fingers crossed :ph34r: I also read that fishes tend to jump when lights are out.. so i place a plastic piece over my tank at night.. did your clown jumped when lights are on or when lights are off?

It was in broad daylight and the lights were on. I think it got badly spooked by the 2nd Percula I added. The second one i added was bigger as well. I was told by the LFS lady that these varieties are aggressive towards each other so it's not advisable to have them together. When I brought it back she told me to try with the black variety of clownfish but i humbly declined and chose the sixline wrasse instead. Didnt want to take any chances!!

Well it seems that ive pretty much reached my limit here. I guess its safe to have just these two i the tank now - the sixline wrasse and the Orange Percula. Almost a third of the volume of the tank is live rock so i guess there isnt really much space left. I kept inspecting the tank - about 7 times after lights out and she seems pretty calm and settled amongst the live rock. I better get cracking on the cover!!

[Oprime]

It was in broad daylight and the lights were on. I think it got badly spooked by the 2nd Percula I added. The second one i added was bigger as well. I was told by the LFS lady that these varieties are aggressive towards each other so it's not advisable to have them together. When I brought it back she told me to try with the black variety of clownfish but i humbly declined and chose the sixline wrasse instead. Didnt want to take any chances!!

Well it seems that ive pretty much reached my limit here. I guess its safe to have just these two i the tank now - the sixline wrasse and the Orange Percula. Almost a third of the volume of the tank is live rock so i guess there isnt really much space left. I kept inspecting the tank - about 7 times after lights out and she seems pretty calm and settled amongst the live rock. I better get cracking on the cover!!

My Clown is aye okay. Here is a picture!