Question about clown fish.

[Paguy40a]

I was wondering if clown fish got their name by the way they act? I have a Clark clown in a 140 gallon tank with a number of other clowns and fish, and he always "dances" at night. Swimming straight up and down and sideways while everyone else is a sleep. Is this normal?

[tmkx3]

My clowns do the same thing. They will sleep in the sand pit they dug but it has to be totally dark. They are party animals. Have you seen them do what I call the jitter bug? They twitch at each other.

[sahmad43]

my ocellaris does the same .. very weird ..they go in kinda trance ... so much so that I had no problem in getting one out with a net since he has fungus .. he didnt even try to run .