Our tank (125G 5 foot) had a pair of premium orange & white clownfish; one of them succumbed during our Flatworm Exit fiasco. It was looking sad (daughter's words) so I bought it some company.
Got another larger O&W clown, and a pair of premium Black & White clowns. I was hoping to end up with two pairs; if they stayed paired based on coloring cool, but didn't really matter to me.
The new B&W clowns are about the same size as the existing O&W one. After about a week they started bullying the O&W one. After a couple weeks of this I had enough and sumped them for a time-out.
Yesterday, after about a week in time-out, they went back into the DT. This time-out gave the O&W pair time to bond a little more... not to mention that the little one isn't taking any crap anymore (so far). Looks like the larger O&W is even protecting the smaller one a bit.
I know it's mostly just "fronting" to sort out the pecking order, so I should just let it run its course. If I see any actual persistent/consistent damage I'll sump and possibly rehome the pair I like the least.
What are the odds that they'll all just "get along"?
Got another larger O&W clown, and a pair of premium Black & White clowns. I was hoping to end up with two pairs; if they stayed paired based on coloring cool, but didn't really matter to me.
The new B&W clowns are about the same size as the existing O&W one. After about a week they started bullying the O&W one. After a couple weeks of this I had enough and sumped them for a time-out.
Yesterday, after about a week in time-out, they went back into the DT. This time-out gave the O&W pair time to bond a little more... not to mention that the little one isn't taking any crap anymore (so far). Looks like the larger O&W is even protecting the smaller one a bit.
I know it's mostly just "fronting" to sort out the pecking order, so I should just let it run its course. If I see any actual persistent/consistent damage I'll sump and possibly rehome the pair I like the least.
What are the odds that they'll all just "get along"?
