fighting

I bought two firefish (mistake). The smaller of the two has been nipping at the larger who doesn't seem to make any effort to move away. I've read that they don't fight if put in the tank at the same time (which I did). I've also read never to keep two together unless they are a M/F pair...

My benggai are probably both males and fighting each other (fluval 13.5). I moved one into a quarantine 5 gal (not ideal) and need advice. Do I add a female, then reintroduce the third? Or add a female to each tank? Thanks coral friends!

https://youtube.com/shorts/nv32GWivRPU?feature=share What are these guys doing? I thought I had ID'd them as a male and a female so I am wondering if they are fighting, establishing territory, mating? I am really not sure but it is very interesting.

I’ve had my tank up and running for 6 months battling the usual issues but I did have a question about my clowns. I believe they are just plane Jane clowns from my lfs I asked to get a pair and they have been in the tank for about 8 weeks one has great orange colour and the other is a little...

Hello, Wondering if anyone has seen this before ? I would think it’s scars maybe from a rock or the other clown in the tank? Although i think it would be odd that they fight after a month of constantly being together. ( Hoping it’s not a disease… no new fish have been added other than a turbo...

I introduced my sapphire damsel AFTER my 2 clowns and AFTER my clean up crew. Then I added a foxface rabbit AFTER the damsel. Now I recently caught my damsel chasing my female clown and now it's trying to intimidate the foxface. Should I remove the sapphire? Here's a video I managed to catch...

NYC Manhattan area. I do not ship sorry I have a snowflake clown and a banggai cardinal up for sale.. I have a Trio clown pair that do not like the snowflake for some reason. I’ve tried multiple times to release him from his quarantine cage inside the DT but it looks like they are holding a...

Do I own a male or female Mandarin? I recently rehomed 2 mandarins and the one in the pictures below has been picked on a little by its male counterpart. They are about 1.5-2inches. I believe I have a female but I just wanted some assistance with this. Does anyone else have this experience of...

I have a 20gallon and wanted to upgrade to around a 40 to 60 gallon tank could I get a pair or 2 of Atlantic seahorses my fish I’d be transferring is a pajama cardinal which I know is ok but would a canary blenny and x2 clowns be good since it’s such a big tank and after the seahorses I plan to...

Hello reefers, I need help pairing ( or at least calming down) my clownfish. To give some background: a week ago I got 2 clowns ( from the same LFS, same tank, both ocellaris, one black, one orange). After a lot of fighting (black one bullying orange), I isolated a black one in the breeder box...

Hello guys, I got a pair of Clowns from an LFS about 5 days ago. They were looking quite healthy and came from the same tank ( there are probably 100 of them in there). Both ocellaris , larger black one and smaller orange one. Since I got them the black one was attacking the smaller one into...

Hi Everyone, I recently just bought my first salt water tank from a guy in my area and 2 clown fish. The tank has been running for about 2 weeks now, however the 2 clownfish just started chasing constantly all day today. The seller told me he bought them from a place that had bonded them already...

Hi guys, bought a jester goby yesterday to add into the tank (Evo 52 litre/13.5 gallon). I already have an orchid dottyback and two clownfish. This morning his back and top fins seem to have been nibbled/attacked. Any advice? Is it first night type issues or a bigger issue and I should take him...

I just bought two tomato clowns and a gorgeous bta for them to host/be hosted by. Both clowns came from the same tank at the LFS. My issue is that now that there is a bta in the mix the older tomato doesn’t let the younger one inside the bta. It’s allowed to be close but more often than not the...

I have these two clownfish who have been in the same tank for about a month and at first their pairing habits weren’t worrisome but now it’s getting a little worrying. My WW clown runs the tank while my vivid stays hidden in a crevasse under a rock until the lights turn out and comes out to...

Hey Guys, last Wednesday I noticed my Clown was being severely attacked by the other one (which is actually a little smaller). It got to the point where the one being attacked was trying to jump out of the tank. I noticed that it’s fins were ripped up and had a sore red dot under its mouth and...

I purchased two black and white cardinals a month or so ago. I recently added a wrasse, and while I thought the royal gamma would pick the wrasse apart, they acclimated very well. Fast forward a few weeks and I notice one of my cardinal is hiding anywhere it can find, top fins chewed off. As I...

I’ve had my Clowns for almost two months now (one was always slightly bigger than the other) and this week I’ve noticed they have been fighting. The smaller one is really trying to start fights with the bigger one, causing the bigger one to have twitches orshivers when it swims. I’ve also...

So I have a tank with a fire shrimp in it and for some reason my female clownfish has tarted to randomly attack it. Started last night and hasn't left it alone since, I don't know why the shrimp has been in there nearly 6 months fine. I have a second tank that I can move it I to but that tank...

Hey Brad Here, Recently I’v been noticing one of my clown’s is more beat up than “his” tank mate. (Mind you these clowns are just about a quarter large) But no real alarming injuries, upon these last 3 days I have noticed a lot more fighting for what seems to be them sorting out dominance. How...

Hi, I have a mid-size Davinci Clown that I've had for about a year who was one of the first tank inhabitants. About two weeks later, I got a much smaller Black Ice. Up until a few days ago, (so for almost a year) they got along well. No bickering, shadowing each other, and only co-hosting a...

Hello! I've got a male McCosker's Flasher and a Firefish in a 20 long tank. I love them both to death and they have got along perfectly fine for the longest time. Occasionally during feeding the flasher would flash a little and show off, but the Firefish seemed unperturbed... until now. The...

hello I am going to make videos based of coral warfare and would like videos and pictures to go with what I say.

So I have a bare bottom tank so one day I can have encrusting corals all over the bottom. But for now, it's just bare bottom. I am a big fan of the fighting conch, however, I don't know if it would do well without sand. Can someone confirm this?

Hello, I am running a 75 gallon reef tank and have recently added a juvenile Kole Tang to my current stock list which includes two ocellaris clownfish, one banggai cardinal, one fairy wrasse, and a sand hopper blenny. After acclimating the Kole it took quite well to it’s new environment. The...