Maroon clown disaster

mitchwelt · 01/05/2011, 07:13 PM

Anyone know why a clown fish would keep fanning the sand with his tail, nonstop my tank looks like a bomb hit the sand and left craters , I tried to catch him, but he just hides, if someone can catch him they can have him free

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big-Ern · 01/05/2011, 08:11 PM

I used to have one and he would do the same thing. As long as I left the divots where he dug them, he seemed to be ok. Once I flattened out the bottom he would attack it again, and I had crushed coral not sand.
He's still doing it for the guy I sold my tank to.

RCERNA280 · 01/05/2011, 08:14 PM

Use the two liter bottle trick.. It worked for me... Jut put food inside

Ludwigia73 · 01/05/2011, 08:51 PM

Just put in a little volkswagen, the clown will just cram himself in. Needs to be brightly colored though! J/K...

I had one that would do that constantly, problem UNFORTUNATELY took care of itself, though. All my rockwork came sliding forward, pinned him to the glass and killed him. Broke my heart.

Coastie5685 · 01/06/2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchwelt

Anyone know why a clown fish would keep fanning the sand with his tail, nonstop my tank looks like a bomb hit the sand and left craters , I tried to catch him, but he just hides, if someone can catch him they can have him free

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my false perc does the exact same thing.

Coastie5685 · 01/06/2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ludwigia73

Just put in a little volkswagen, the clown will just cram himself in. Needs to be brightly colored though! J/K...

I had one that would do that constantly, problem UNFORTUNATELY took care of itself, though. All my rockwork came sliding forward, pinned him to the glass and killed him. Broke my heart.

lmao so sorry to hear but this is funny. the way you stated it i could already hear the violins playing in the background. no offense just funny...

mitchwelt · 01/06/2011, 06:33 PM

its not the sand pits I'm worried about, its the fact the when he stirs up the sand , it his the powered streams and I have cloudy water all the time now.

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mitchwelt · 01/08/2011, 07:13 PM

Got him with a fish hook in less than a minute

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01/05/2011, 07:13 PM	#1
mitchwelt tool repair man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tamarac, fl Posts: 2,036	Maroon clown disaster Anyone know why a clown fish would keep fanning the sand with his tail, nonstop my tank looks like a bomb hit the sand and left craters , I tried to catch him, but he just hides, if someone can catch him they can have him free sent from my evo using tapatalk

01/05/2011, 08:14 PM	#3
RCERNA280 Rj Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pacifica, Ca Posts: 380	Use the two liter bottle trick.. It worked for me... Jut put food inside __________________ RJ Current Tank Info: neverending project

01/05/2011, 08:51 PM	#4
Ludwigia73 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Davie, FL Posts: 4,213	Just put in a little volkswagen, the clown will just cram himself in. Needs to be brightly colored though! J/K... I had one that would do that constantly, problem UNFORTUNATELY took care of itself, though. All my rockwork came sliding forward, pinned him to the glass and killed him. Broke my heart. __________________ 56 gallon column with T-5, deep sand bed, low energy reefing! Current Tank Info: 56 gallon column, T-5 lighting

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01/05/2011, 08:11 PM	#2
big-Ern Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: coral springs Posts: 258	I used to have one and he would do the same thing. As long as I left the divots where he dug them, he seemed to be ok. Once I flattened out the bottom he would attack it again, and I had crushed coral not sand. He's still doing it for the guy I sold my tank to.

01/06/2011, 06:33 PM	#7
mitchwelt tool repair man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tamarac, fl Posts: 2,036	its not the sand pits I'm worried about, its the fact the when he stirs up the sand , it his the powered streams and I have cloudy water all the time now. sent from my evo using tapatalk

01/08/2011, 07:13 PM	#8
mitchwelt tool repair man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tamarac, fl Posts: 2,036	Got him with a fish hook in less than a minute sent from my evo using tapatalk