RhiD08
Community Member
Hi there!
Over this passed week, my larger clownfish, Amphitrite, has been picking on my smaller clownfish, Poseidon. Because of this, Poseidon started to hide within the coral and in a little cave in the tank. I kept an eye on him to make sure he wasn’t getting too beat up and researched a bit only to find that it’s quite normal and could be the female asserting her dominance so I let it play out. Yesterday, Poseidon’s fins were a little bit nipped at but nothing too bad, it happened before when I first got them and it healed pretty quickly. But today I came back from work to find Poseidon pretty beat up and laying on the sand bed between the rocks, completely missing his tail. I ran out and got a breeder box and placed him in it to separate him from Amphitrite and he was swimming around and seemed to be doing alright though he looked rough. I was just about to head to bed and have found him dead unfortunately. I’ve had these two ocellaris clowns for over a year and a half, I got them when they were pretty small and I’m absolutely gutted! :(
My question is why did this happen and is there anything that could have stopped this? Also, should I get another clownfish to pair with her or is it likely that she will kill that one too? If I do get another clownfish, how should I go about introducing them?
Thank you in advance for any help and advice!
Over this passed week, my larger clownfish, Amphitrite, has been picking on my smaller clownfish, Poseidon. Because of this, Poseidon started to hide within the coral and in a little cave in the tank. I kept an eye on him to make sure he wasn’t getting too beat up and researched a bit only to find that it’s quite normal and could be the female asserting her dominance so I let it play out. Yesterday, Poseidon’s fins were a little bit nipped at but nothing too bad, it happened before when I first got them and it healed pretty quickly. But today I came back from work to find Poseidon pretty beat up and laying on the sand bed between the rocks, completely missing his tail. I ran out and got a breeder box and placed him in it to separate him from Amphitrite and he was swimming around and seemed to be doing alright though he looked rough. I was just about to head to bed and have found him dead unfortunately. I’ve had these two ocellaris clowns for over a year and a half, I got them when they were pretty small and I’m absolutely gutted! :(
My question is why did this happen and is there anything that could have stopped this? Also, should I get another clownfish to pair with her or is it likely that she will kill that one too? If I do get another clownfish, how should I go about introducing them?
Thank you in advance for any help and advice!
