Clownfish fin damage

[donny619]

Hi All,

Are clowns known to fight each other? I noticed my smaller clown fish has some damage to his right lower fin today. I've always noticed the larger clown being a bit "mean" to him but figured it was normal. Just wondering how this could have happened. The only other culprit would be the golden coral banded shrimp but he seems pretty (thus far).

Tank inhabitants are:

• 2 clownfish
• 1 firefish
• 1 royal gramma
• 1 yellow clown goby
• 1 margarita snail
• 1 tiger sand conch
• 1 golden banded coral shrimp

Thanks in advance

 

[davocean]

CBS are mean buttheads and can totally be the reason.
Not sure how long you've had your clowns but they look about right from what I can see in pics, they can go through a phase of sorting things out when they mature, and that may be an aggressive period w/ the female assuming role, but my first suspect would be the CBS for sure.
Fins heal fast usually.

 

[donny619]

Thanks I'll keep an eye out. Clowns are pretty young. Had em 2.5 months now.