help! clownfish freaking out!

[pixierealm]

my clowns are twitching and shaking like crazy. They seem to be rubbing against the tank or something. Are they sick? Mating? what's going on?

They developed black dots all over them but I was told that this could just be their new color changes as they grow.

Anyone know?

[chrisstankevitz]

It is normal for smaller clowns twitch in the presence of bigger clowns.

 

I don't know about black dots. Post a picture.

[pixierealm]

ya, I read that but they're both doing it. Normal?

I'll see if my camera is going to cooperate with me today......

[Pet-Lover]

if they are smaller and sold as True Percula (or Percula[as in True]) then the black dots should be the new colour if it looks like part of there skin,

The tiwtching is either the "mating dance" or eachother are attracted to each other.

[Reef Gator]

Look here:

 

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=127010

 

Does it look like hypermelanization or maybe "black ich"?

[pixierealm]

Look here:

 

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=127010

 

Does it look like hypermelanization or maybe "black ich"?

it looks exactly like the yellowish colored fish 14 pics down.

So it's from a sting?! what could of stung them in my tank?

weird.

I dont think it's black ich. It looks like it's part of their skin.

[Reef Gator]

Often happens when clowns host zoas.

[pixierealm]

Often happens when clowns host zoas.

my clowns have hosted nothing except the back right corner of the tank. lol

they suck.