sac10918
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My two clowns have been in the tank together since I bought them as a "mated pair" over a year ago.
My question is this...when I got the clowns one was much smaller than the other and he was submissive to the larger. I assumed he was male and named him Max and named the larger and more agressive female priscilla.
They have never been a "close" pair and max always had his part of the tank (in the frogspawn) and pris has her part (the cave) but they sleep together in the cave. The tank is only 24 gallons so they are in close proximity to each other.
Pris has always been the larger and meaner of the two until now. I noticed max was getting larger over the past few months and I thought I saw my female "jitter" at the male once or twice. Today I found them both exhibiting some very very strange behavior.
Pris was in a corner in the front of the tank that I have never ever seen either of them in. She was swimming there and then Max would come over and jab at her with his nose, pushing her around and making her swim very quickly while he chased her. Now, she is being submissive to him. Its a complete role reversal?
So, do I now have two female clowns, or is it possible that while Priscilla has been more dominant than MAx for the past year, she never officially became a female and now Max has become female? It it likely that two clowns that have always shared a tank together will both become female? Will one kill the other? Do I need to separate the two of them! Please help me!
My question is this...when I got the clowns one was much smaller than the other and he was submissive to the larger. I assumed he was male and named him Max and named the larger and more agressive female priscilla.
They have never been a "close" pair and max always had his part of the tank (in the frogspawn) and pris has her part (the cave) but they sleep together in the cave. The tank is only 24 gallons so they are in close proximity to each other.
Pris has always been the larger and meaner of the two until now. I noticed max was getting larger over the past few months and I thought I saw my female "jitter" at the male once or twice. Today I found them both exhibiting some very very strange behavior.
Pris was in a corner in the front of the tank that I have never ever seen either of them in. She was swimming there and then Max would come over and jab at her with his nose, pushing her around and making her swim very quickly while he chased her. Now, she is being submissive to him. Its a complete role reversal?
So, do I now have two female clowns, or is it possible that while Priscilla has been more dominant than MAx for the past year, she never officially became a female and now Max has become female? It it likely that two clowns that have always shared a tank together will both become female? Will one kill the other? Do I need to separate the two of them! Please help me!
