clown quarreling

[spscrackhead]

hey guys i have had 1 bicinus clown for about 2 weeks? picked up a rose which is doing fine. he or she didnt host it. i then picked up another bicinusand they got along just fine at first. showed signs of pairing and all one of them going on an angle and shaking and all. then the new one decided to host the nem and it went down hill from there. the one wo hosts is now mean to the other chasing it away and all. no nipping really, the one is so scared and runs before its too late.
just wondered what you guys thought was going on? seems strange to me. oh both are captive bred

 

[MarvinsReef]

hey guys i have had 1 bicinus clown for about 2 weeks? picked up a rose which is doing fine. he or she didnt host it. i then picked up another bicinusand they got along just fine at first. showed signs of pairing and all one of them going on an angle and shaking and all. then the new one decided to host the nem and it went down hill from there. the one wo hosts is now mean to the other chasing it away and all. no nipping really, the one is so scared and runs before its too late.
just wondered what you guys thought was going on? seems strange to me. oh both are captive bred

most likely they are sorting things out. whoever is the dominant will turn female. are they pretty the same in size?

 

[spscrackhead]

yes very similar in size.

 

[MarvinsReef]

yes very similar in size.

IMHO, they are trying to figure out whose gonna be the female.

 

[spscrackhead]

the one is basically just keeping the other away from the nem. so now the one is in and around the nem all the time and the other is on the other side of the tank all the time. it seems strange to me because before the nem they got along fine. what would 2 females do?