Clownfish chasing other clownfish
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Topic: Clownfish chasing other clownfish
Posted By: reefer86
Subject: Clownfish chasing other clownfish
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 10:55pm
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I have two flurry clownfish that are a few months old. These fish have been eating and growing quite well. I've noticed signs that these fish may be pairing up (twitching and swimming closely to one another). One of the fish has started to increase in size much more than the other fish. For the past few days the larger clown has been chasing the smaller clown around the tank. The smaller clown has a few hiding spots where he's been getting some space from the larger clown. I figured that this is pretty normal behavior but I thought I'd get advice from the forum just in case. Should I be worried about the smaller clown that is getting chased around? Also, I've been making sure that the smaller clown is eating when I feed the tank. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Posted By: A Reef Oasis
Date Posted: November 29 2015 at 12:54am
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Sounds like normal paring behavior. ------------- "oh crap where am I going to put that!" bstuver |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 29 2015 at 4:14am
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I agree. The larger fish is now the dominant female. The aggression can get pretty bad too. For example, in a small group of young Tomato Clowns the dominant female almost ripped the jaw off of one of the males. That male's jaw healed and to my surprise, later on he became the father. Here he is guarding the eggs of that dominant female.  I love showing off one of the two babies that I raised. This was when raising clownfish was in it's infancy, almost 20 years ago. Nowadays, A Reef Oasis has far surpassed my tiny success, regularly raising 100's of babies from each clutch.   Aloha, Mark
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Posted By: reefer86
Date Posted: November 29 2015 at 4:25pm
| Cool. Thanks guys! |