Crazy Clowns Acting Weird. Help?

d-dzel

d-dzel

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Are my clowns mating or actually fighting?
I posted this in the reef fish section, but got no answers, hopefully it'll get some here. Need help because I don't want either of my fish to die if they are fighting
I took this video right after I finished feeding them, hence why all my power heads are off.
Any ideas on what's this they're doing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DekgGqzFW4
 
d-dzel

d-dzel

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I've had them for a bit over a month. One was introduced about a week after the other.
I'm not sure if they're paired or not, but they're always swimming together and then I saw them do this in the video. Could this be that they might becoming a pair? One of them, seems to act light he's twitching or something
 
swimmer4uus

swimmer4uus

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It's definantly fighting. I'm wondering if you got two females. If not, then they're just fighting to see who's the more dominant, and whoever wins, will then become the female. I only say this because they are very close in size. If in fact you do have two females, you want take one out. They'll fight to the death unless you do.
 
d-dzel

d-dzel

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Originally Posted by swimmer4uus
http:///forum/post/3029647
It's definantly fighting. I'm wondering if you got two females. If not, then they're just fighting to see who's the more dominant, and whoever wins, will then become the female. I only say this because they are very close in size. If in fact you do have two females, you want take one out. They'll fight to the death unless you do.

Originally Posted by kromix
http:///forum/post/3029691
mouth 2 mouth tongue kissing if you ask me.....
j/k def looks like fighting...

If it is fighting, in case I actually do have 2 females, I've been researching about it and it seems that they can change their gender at will, I mean out of the 2 females one can become a male.
Then I found this:
"Amphiprion and Premnas species submissive behavior goes something like this; first the dominate fish will rush or otherwise attack the submissive fish. The submissive fish will turn sideways to the dominate fish and tilt its belly towards the dominate fish and quiver like an epileptic seizure. The female should recognize this behavior and stop the attack short of actual damage. Sometimes in new pairings and old well established pair bonds the dominate fish will move to a parallel position to the submissive and quiver back to the submissive fish."
And it's exactly what my fish are doing one rushes to the other one as if "she" was going to attack "him" and then he turns sideways and starts twitching like having a seizure that's when she stops and they kind of swim sideways together. The other concern is that when I feed them, "she" doesn't seem to want "him" eating as she swims towards the other and does the same thing again.

P.S. I use the "she and "he" to sort of identify them for now considering their behavior
 
d-dzel

d-dzel

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Originally Posted by WorrBaller
http:///forum/post/3029759
Yep, sounds like your clowns are pairing up, congrats!

Oh and just to clarify, a male can become female but not the other way around.
Here is an article about it:
Clownfish Pairing
Should I be concerned about this:
2) Two female clowns will fight. The tell tale sign that you have two females is fighting ending in the two locking their mouths together.
That's most of what they're doing in the video before going into the submissive behavior.
Thanks for the link!
 
worrballer

worrballer

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Hmmm, didn't know about that. But you said their fighting ends with submission by one of the fish. Is it the same fish everytime? If so then I think they're pairing up.
But that is just my opinion. If you are really worried about it you could always return it for a smaller clown.
 
d-dzel

d-dzel

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Originally Posted by WorrBaller
http:///forum/post/3029897
Hmmm, didn't know about that. But you said their fighting ends with submission by one of the fish. Is it the same fish everytime? If so then I think they're pairing up.
But that is just my opinion. If you are really worried about it you could always return it for a smaller clown.
They don't fight like that anymore. One just chases the other which ends in a submission. If this keeps up, I might have to trade one of them, the problem is that I haven't seen any smaller than these two
 
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