1 Clownfish suddenly not aggressive

[eliaslikesfish]

hey all,
I have a pair of ocellaris clownfish, seems they’ve become a mated pair after about a month, 1 is much more food aggressive than the other and they stick together most of the time, however i noticed the past couple of days the one that was aggressive (always coming to the top waiting for food, attacking the pipet when i’m taking water samples) is suddenly very shy and only eats after the other one has and doesn’t seem to be eating as much. Is there any reason for this? Almost seems like the roles suddenly reversed.

Thanks in advance
-Elias

 

[Uncle99]

Anticipating egg laying?

 

[Bear Claw]

hey all,
I have a pair of ocellaris clownfish, seems they’ve become a mated pair after about a month, 1 is much more food aggressive than the other and they stick together most of the time, however i noticed the past couple of days the one that was aggressive (always coming to the top waiting for food, attacking the pipet when i’m taking water samples) is suddenly very shy and only eats after the other one has and doesn’t seem to be eating as much. Is there any reason for this? Almost seems like the roles suddenly reversed.

Thanks in advance
-Elias

Clowns and other fish will often do this randomly for no reason. As long as there is no excessive nipping/biting then they might work it out. Keep a close eye on them for a while. If it continues or gets worse then you might need to remove one of them.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

Anticipating egg laying?

i certainly hope not… they’re very small so i can’t imagine that would be the case

 

[Uncle99]

i certainly hope not… they’re very small so i can’t imagine that would be the case

Oh, they both small, scratch that off the list.

 

[Dbichler]

This will happen until the clowns are 1&1/2 years. One will all of a sudden explode in growth and you’ll know they’re the female. Feed heavily and varied diet and they should lay their first clutch around 2-3 years old in my experience.