Twitching Tomato

[ReefTankForMe]

I picked up a tomato clown about 3 days ago and it has been acting really strange. Something is def. not right. THe fish hides most of the day when it does come out of the rock it swims very jerkily, up an inch down an inch, very twitchy.

 

Today it went all along the front glass bouncing off of it, almost scraping itself, but it doesn't have anything on its skin.

 

When I was aclimating the fish I had to keep a rag over the tank. THe tomato was so wired that it was jumping out of the water and literally flying around in the bag, when it was not in the dark.

 

Any ideas. Maybe it has a nerve disorder?

[ReefTankForMe]

forgot to mention, all water parameters are normal. THe only other fish is a yellow tail damsel, which ironically seems to be scared by the clown

[qwertyuiop]

i had a snowflake moray eel that did that once, and i never new what happend...the next day it died, hope your clown doent

[ReefTankForMe]

bump

[DongShenYin]

Did the fish act that way in the store where you got him? (Assuming you got him from a store)

[BKtomodachi]

Is he "flashing" off surfaces in the tank? That would indicate water parameter problems.

[kabal2]

my fire fish was doing the same and die this morning

hope yours dont die

[melcolm]

Dude, clown fish have a habbit of tweaking (as if they have seizures) when they are trying to display their dominance. Usually they'll do this toward other clowns, but sometimes I catch mine doing it to it's reflection in the glass.

 

I think yours is trying to fight it's reflection!

[patio]

haha its like the damsel in nemo!