I finally got around to adding some fish to my new tank.
Added four clowns yesterday. Two orange percs, one black perc and a maroon. (I understand the dynamics of the relationships between the clowns, and yes I'm experimenting a bit here.) Plus one cleaner shrimp and a purple dottyback.
The interesting thing is that when I got up this morning, all four clowns were laying on the bottom of the tank. Really snoring up a storm! I've had percs many times before, and I understand that they will sometimes sleep on the bottom of the tank, but this was exceptional. They were zonked out!
I turned on the CF lights and they did slowly rouse and within ten minutes were up and about, but I've never seen such behavior before. I think I should buy them all little blankets!
Anyway, my point is that I've never had a tank set up with as much circulation as this one, and I'm wondering if there might be a relationship between the current and this behavior. They did appear to be working harder than normal swimming in the current yesterday. And I'm a bit worried that the emerald crabs might ambush them if they sleep too hard.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to turn off the current pumps for a while?
Tank specs are:
40 gallon hex
50 lbs live rock
40 lbs live sand
6 pounds Garf Grunge
20 hermits
20 snails
Three emerald crabs
Skimmer
Sump with more live rock
UV
Mag 5 main pump
Three 400 gph circulation pumps
Added four clowns yesterday. Two orange percs, one black perc and a maroon. (I understand the dynamics of the relationships between the clowns, and yes I'm experimenting a bit here.) Plus one cleaner shrimp and a purple dottyback.
The interesting thing is that when I got up this morning, all four clowns were laying on the bottom of the tank. Really snoring up a storm! I've had percs many times before, and I understand that they will sometimes sleep on the bottom of the tank, but this was exceptional. They were zonked out!
I turned on the CF lights and they did slowly rouse and within ten minutes were up and about, but I've never seen such behavior before. I think I should buy them all little blankets!
Anyway, my point is that I've never had a tank set up with as much circulation as this one, and I'm wondering if there might be a relationship between the current and this behavior. They did appear to be working harder than normal swimming in the current yesterday. And I'm a bit worried that the emerald crabs might ambush them if they sleep too hard.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to turn off the current pumps for a while?
Tank specs are:
40 gallon hex
50 lbs live rock
40 lbs live sand
6 pounds Garf Grunge
20 hermits
20 snails
Three emerald crabs
Skimmer
Sump with more live rock
UV
Mag 5 main pump
Three 400 gph circulation pumps