Uhh Please Say It Isnt So!
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lovethesea
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they start off as males, and yours are probably figuring out the dominate and that fish will turn female. And when she turns.........watch out, because they can get a mean streak in them. Ours always was biting me when my hand was in the tank. Became pretty aggressive towards the other fish too.
dingo0722
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okay I got it backward for the clown, but what I said is true for other fish:
protandry
An example of protandry is found in the anemonefishes. The fishes live with anemones in a symbiotic relationship; the anemone provide the fish with shelter and protection from predation, and the fish supply the anemone with food. Groups of fishes will live with one anemone, and will not switch anemones. Only the two largest will mate; the largest female and the second largest, the male. With the female being the largest, she can produce the most eggs. When the female dies, the largest male will change sexes and become the female. The rest of the fish are immature males.
protogyny
A classic example of protogyny is found in the wrasses and parrotfishes. The males in these species form harems, with one large male sequestering and defending a group of smaller females. The male enjoys spectacular reproductive success, as it has many females to mate with. The females also enjoy a limited reproductive success, producing as many eggs as they can, all fertilized by the one male. The male has the advantage over the females; it has many females producing eggs for him to fertilize, whereas the females only have themselves. It is great to be the king!
Care of: http://www.marinebiology.org/fish.htm
protandry
An example of protandry is found in the anemonefishes. The fishes live with anemones in a symbiotic relationship; the anemone provide the fish with shelter and protection from predation, and the fish supply the anemone with food. Groups of fishes will live with one anemone, and will not switch anemones. Only the two largest will mate; the largest female and the second largest, the male. With the female being the largest, she can produce the most eggs. When the female dies, the largest male will change sexes and become the female. The rest of the fish are immature males.
protogyny
A classic example of protogyny is found in the wrasses and parrotfishes. The males in these species form harems, with one large male sequestering and defending a group of smaller females. The male enjoys spectacular reproductive success, as it has many females to mate with. The females also enjoy a limited reproductive success, producing as many eggs as they can, all fertilized by the one male. The male has the advantage over the females; it has many females producing eggs for him to fertilize, whereas the females only have themselves. It is great to be the king!
Care of: http://www.marinebiology.org/fish.htm
lovethesea
Active Member
the one we HAD (gave her to a friend with a more aggressive tank than ours) used to actually bite/nip. And yep it hurt like heck and sometimes drew blood. I have some aqua gloves, but they are akward sometimes in the tank. I had to wear them all the time after that. She still tried to bite the heck out of those too :scared:
Now the little perc we have just kind of head butts me sometimes if I get too close to the anemone.
Now the little perc we have just kind of head butts me sometimes if I get too close to the anemone.
lovethesea
Active Member
we are referring to biting by my statement that sometimes when they turn female they can get mean.