corbin1234
Member
please help me my clownfish are killing each other. is there anyway i can get them to get along
need help with clownfish
- Thread starter corbin1234
- Start date
maverick005
Member
i would assume that they are both females then. i would return one and hope for a male.
HTH
-brandon
HTH
-brandon
maverick005
Member
i was under the impression that once they turned female they could not change back, but if they turned male they could turn female still...? is this incorrect?
-brandon
-brandon
cprdnick
Active Member
Originally posted by maverick005
i was under the impression that once they turned female they could not change back, but if they turned male they could turn female still...? is this incorrect?
-brandon
NOPERS it aint right. It's pretty much how reef magic put it. Let them fight, it has to be done to have a mated pair. They are the same species right?
overanalyzer
Active Member
Originally posted by cprdnick
NOPERS it aint right. It's pretty much how reef magic put it. Let them fight, it has to be done to have a mated pair. They are the same species right?
actually he states:
"that once they turned female they could not change back, but if they turned male they could turn female still...? is this incorrect?"
Once a female always a female - they won't change back. Once a male they stay a male until they get the opportunity to become female - then they change into a female. They stay a female until they die .......IN a large group setting the most dominant sexless clown then becomes the male and there is a continual ladder in society. which is why at best you should only keep 2 clowns because that third clown would be getting continually harassed by the male clown so he stays in his "sexless" place.
So in nemo - over time Marlin would become Mrs. Marlin and nemo would be a dad
So he is right - and hopefully he does not have two females ....
maverick005
Member
Originally posted by overanalyzer
actually he states:
"that once they turned female they could not change back, but if they turned male they could turn female still...? is this incorrect?"
Once a female always a female - they won't change back. Once a male they stay a male until they get the opportunity to become female - then they change into a female. They stay a female until they die .......IN a large group setting the most dominant sexless clown then becomes the male and there is a continual ladder in society. which is why at best you should only keep 2 clowns because that third clown would be getting continually harassed by the male clown so he stays in his "sexless" place.
So in nemo - over time Marlin would become Mrs. Marlin and nemo would be a dad
So he is right - and hopefully he does not have two females ....
thank you OA.
thats what i was basing my first reply to this topic on. but i would wait and see if they eventually get along before rushing back to the store.
-brandon