Clown Aggression

osuaquarist

osuaquarist

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So I have had my pair of true percs for almost a month now and I'm seeing some aggression between them. It is always the bigger (female) picking on the smaller, just now it looked as if the female grabbed on to the males gill plate and was just shaking him all over, it looked pretty bad. Is this normal for young pairs or should I remove the one being picked on. He does have a deformation, he is missing one of his ventral fins completely...

could this be the cause of the problems? Is she rejecting him? Also they were hosting an anemone when I got them and now they aren't hosting anything could this cause stress??
When she goes after him he turns sideways and jerks around seizure like with his belly facing her, I think he is showing submission does it take a while for her to accept?
Also I've been feeding them every 2 days, if I fed them once a day would it lower her aggression? Thanks!
 
lexluethar

lexluethar

Active Member
Normal behavior. They are determining dominance - the small one being the submissive male. After she 'accepts' him she will still beat the tar out of him from time to time and pick on him. The life of males... i mean of fish males :)
 
osuaquarist

osuaquarist

Member
Originally Posted by LexLuethar
http:///forum/post/2511060
Normal behavior. They are determining dominance - the small one being the submissive male. After she 'accepts' him she will still beat the tar out of him from time to time and pick on him. The life of males... i mean of fish males :)
hmm sounds familiar.
 
gman20001969

gman20001969

Member
I love clowns but have heard so many horror stories on them. I want to get 2 juvenile clowns and put them in my QT tank in the future. Maybe one day move them into my main tank which is 55g. The only problem is that I already have 1 adult clarkii in the main tank. Can I place new clowns in there with him?
 
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