Clarkii & Perc, Clarkii Twitching?

hifi

hifi

Member
I have a Clarkii & a Perc clown in my tank, they have been introduced at about the same time & are about the same age. The clarkii loves its sebae & about 5 days ago the perc started going in as well :joy: my clarkii feeds the sebae as well its cool. At about the same time as the perc ,wich is the dominant one but is not agressive at all, started going in the sebae the clarkii was following him around the tank as normal but would stop in front of the perc & would twitch I thought I was seeing things :thinking: but I watched from time to time for a few days & he was twitching in front of the perc!! The perc does not seem to care but cant tell for sure. I know that this happens when they select a mate ( I think) but but how can this happen to a perc & a clarkii?? Can anyone tell me whats happening? I am aware about the dangers of having a clrakii & a perc in the same tank but they have been doing real well.
 
viper_930

viper_930

Active Member
The twitching is a way to show the clarkii is being submissive to the perc.
Clowns of different species can pair and produce offspring.
 
alyssia

alyssia

Active Member
Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
Clowns of different species can pair and produce offspring.

Cool, I did not know that!
 
hifi

hifi

Member
I think I just got lucky, I put them in at the same size & about the same age & I think it was no more than a week apart but they have been good so far but I have been warned many times about mixing them. I was told that even after 2 years the clarkii can turn on the perc I hope not. We were thinking of adding another perc but if the clarkii & perc pair up then maybe its not a good idea, any sugestions?
 
nudilove

nudilove

Member
No, I wouldnt push your luck. Three clowns will always make an odd man out and kill the third member.;
 
alyssia

alyssia

Active Member
Originally Posted by NudiLove
No, I wouldnt push your luck. Three clowns will always make an odd man out and kill the third member.;

Agreed
 
crox

crox

Active Member
Well i was thinking to put 2 Clarkii in my tank. I already have a pair of Perculas. Should I push my luck? Or am I looking for trouble? :scared: :scared:
 
crox

crox

Active Member
The reason why I want to put another pair is that my Purculas don't host my BTA :mad: :mad: and I really would love to see them in there so that is why I decided to get another pair of clowns.
 
hifi

hifi

Member
NudiLove when you put it that way it make sense that the third one would not work, but would 2 of each ,2 perc's & 2 clarkii's work? It sounds like it should however they could gang up? right? :thinking:
 
S

sand125

Guest
Originally Posted by HiFi
I have a Clarkii & a Perc clown in my tank, they have been introduced at about the same time & are about the same age. The clarkii loves its sebae & about 5 days ago the perc started going in as well :joy: my clarkii feeds the sebae as well its cool. At about the same time as the perc ,wich is the dominant one but is not agressive at all, started going in the sebae the clarkii was following him around the tank as normal but would stop in front of the perc & would twitch I thought I was seeing things :thinking: but I watched from time to time for a few days & he was twitching in front of the perc!! The perc does not seem to care but cant tell for sure. I know that this happens when they select a mate ( I think) but but how can this happen to a perc & a clarkii?? Can anyone tell me whats happening? I am aware about the dangers of having a clrakii & a perc in the same tank but they have been doing real well.

i have two perc ....and the same thing is going on there twitching
 
cdnreef

cdnreef

New Member
I had 2 percs & 1 clarki clowns in my tank then added one small bta, it was a very bad mistake , my super friendly tank turend into a war zone
. not saynig not to do it just be carefull and good luck :happyfish
 
hifi

hifi

Member
Today I was watching my clowns & they have been acting funny, the perc didn't care at all about the clrakii doing his twiching & today was no diffrent the clarkii kept on doing it. For the last couple nights both clowns went to sleep in the sebae but in the morning only the clarkii was in it, & Ive noticed the perc has a couple nicks on his fins, could it be the clarkii? but he was twiching & submitting to the perc, I watched more today & the clarkii was twiching alot in front of the perc but the perc just swam away finally the clarkii twiched for a long time in front of him then the clarkii swam away then when the clarkii got to about to the middle of the tank then he turned & just bolted for the perc!!!!!! Then twiched then did it again but the second time the clarkii took a chunk out of the percs fin
the perc has alot of nicks in his fins & now I know why. I removed the clarkii at once & he is now in the QT tank. Does anyone have any idea what has happend? I thought the clarkii was submitting to the perc by twiching. By the way 5 min after I removed the clarkii the perk swam in front of the sebae & twiched alot :notsure: that was the only time I seen him do this. Could the clrakii be mad at the perc? I would like some opinions because I cant understand it.
 
opus18

opus18

Member
Originally Posted by Crox
The reason why I want to put another pair is that my Purculas don't host my BTA :mad: :mad: and I really would love to see them in there so that is why I decided to get another pair of clowns.
I had just recently put in a RBTA and my black percuals wouldn't even notice it was there... One of them was actually "hosting" my red mushrooms.
Today I got a wild hair and thought I'd try bringing them to the anemone... I put some garlic drops in the water to get their appetites up... then... I put a small piece of freeze-dried brine shimp on the anemone... It started pulling it in as all the fish started looking for the food. My chromis knew better than to try to get at the food, but the perc finally dove in after it... Shortly thereafter, they were rubbing all over it... then I watched a wierd new dance step... called the twitch... Looked almost like they were getting shocked by something... Cannot wait to get off work to see if they continue to play with the BTA...
 
alyssia

alyssia

Active Member
Originally Posted by HiFi
Today I was watching my clowns & they have been acting funny, the perc didn't care at all about the clrakii doing his twiching & today was no diffrent the clarkii kept on doing it. For the last couple nights both clowns went to sleep in the sebae but in the morning only the clarkii was in it, & Ive noticed the perc has a couple nicks on his fins, could it be the clarkii? but he was twiching & submitting to the perc, I watched more today & the clarkii was twiching alot in front of the perc but the perc just swam away finally the clarkii twiched for a long time in front of him then the clarkii swam away then when the clarkii got to about to the middle of the tank then he turned & just bolted for the perc!!!!!! Then twiched then did it again but the second time the clarkii took a chunk out of the percs fin
the perc has alot of nicks in his fins & now I know why. I removed the clarkii at once & he is now in the QT tank. Does anyone have any idea what has happend? I thought the clarkii was submitting to the perc by twiching. By the way 5 min after I removed the clarkii the perk swam in front of the sebae & twiched alot :notsure: that was the only time I seen him do this. Could the clrakii be mad at the perc? I would like some opinions because I cant understand it.


I thought you couldn't mix different types of clowns?
 
rustyj

rustyj

Member
Originally Posted by HiFi
NudiLove when you put it that way it make sense that the third one would not work, but would 2 of each ,2 perc's & 2 clarkii's work? It sounds like it should however they could gang up? right? :thinking:

If the tank is big enough it should be ok but it has to be big enough. Clown fish will kill eachother. Probably the main reason the two clowns originally mentioned are ok is because they were introduced at the same time and were the same size. I would like to see what the offspring would look like.
 
rustyj

rustyj

Member
Originally Posted by HiFi
Today I was watching my clowns & they have been acting funny, the perc didn't care at all about the clrakii doing his twiching & today was no diffrent the clarkii kept on doing it. For the last couple nights both clowns went to sleep in the sebae but in the morning only the clarkii was in it, & Ive noticed the perc has a couple nicks on his fins, could it be the clarkii? but he was twiching & submitting to the perc, I watched more today & the clarkii was twiching alot in front of the perc but the perc just swam away finally the clarkii twiched for a long time in front of him then the clarkii swam away then when the clarkii got to about to the middle of the tank then he turned & just bolted for the perc!!!!!! Then twiched then did it again but the second time the clarkii took a chunk out of the percs fin
the perc has alot of nicks in his fins & now I know why. I removed the clarkii at once & he is now in the QT tank. Does anyone have any idea what has happend? I thought the clarkii was submitting to the perc by twiching. By the way 5 min after I removed the clarkii the perk swam in front of the sebae & twiched alot :notsure: that was the only time I seen him do this. Could the clrakii be mad at the perc? I would like some opinions because I cant understand it.

The fish dont have mad or happy feelings but for some reason it was probably stressed and that is when alot of peaceful fish to act up. I have two clarkii's and the dominant one still charges the submissive male after 1 1/2 years later. Look for any reason that the fish could have been stressed, did you add another fish, coral, water conditions (temp, chemical, salinity)? Good luck.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top