for a few months now, ive had 2 black and white clowns that i purchased at the same time. they werent in the same tank when i bought the, but they paired quite fast. there have been signs of the smaller male doing their twitch to the female for almost the whole time since. the female would occasionally dart at the male, or would nudge the male. nothing serious. up until today, where the female was being significantly more aggressive today. chasing him through the tank, biting, and doing it enough where all fins halfway down is damaged, including the tail fin, with white marks seen near the top of the body. hes not dying or anything, but he has significant fin damage on almost all fins.
i was able to catch the female, and seperated her into a mesh breeder, to at least get them seperated.
ive read that intense blue lighting has caused reactions like this with clowns, so ive added some white to the tank since ive seperated them. prior to this, and as of probably just a few days ago, i turned off the white light from the spectrum, so perhaps this is it?
ive also read that its just the nature of the clown. which is obviously the case, but if i allow it to take its course, one of two things will happen. one will be that the female stops the aggression, and everything goes back to normal, or the female bullies the male to death. the solution is to let things go and hopefully work itself out, or to split them up permanently.
i guess im looking to see what the consensus is with this. it just isnt a possibility to split them up, so i would prefer to keep them together, but also dont want one to die just for the case of clown fish behavior. i guess im hoping that i will mostly hear that it will just work itself out, but want to get everyones thoughts
i was able to catch the female, and seperated her into a mesh breeder, to at least get them seperated.
ive read that intense blue lighting has caused reactions like this with clowns, so ive added some white to the tank since ive seperated them. prior to this, and as of probably just a few days ago, i turned off the white light from the spectrum, so perhaps this is it?
ive also read that its just the nature of the clown. which is obviously the case, but if i allow it to take its course, one of two things will happen. one will be that the female stops the aggression, and everything goes back to normal, or the female bullies the male to death. the solution is to let things go and hopefully work itself out, or to split them up permanently.
i guess im looking to see what the consensus is with this. it just isnt a possibility to split them up, so i would prefer to keep them together, but also dont want one to die just for the case of clown fish behavior. i guess im hoping that i will mostly hear that it will just work itself out, but want to get everyones thoughts