Clownfish only fight under blue light?

[Clowning_Around72]

My 2 ocellaris clowns fight when I put them under any shade of blue light but do not fight at all under white light or natural sunlight.

I have never had this happen with other pairs of clowns.

Any ideas as to why they fight under blue lights but act as a pair under white lights?

 

[Clowning_Around72]

They also had a random stretch where they stopped fighting under blue lights for one day where the natural sunlight was bright. Now they are back at it. This is very wierd to me.

They even do it when I gradually change the lights to a blue spectrum.

They fight under 50-50 white/blue as well.

 

[MikeReefs]

This happened to me, it was like a light switch to aggression. What I did was pretty much acclimate them to blue light. Start the schedule in the morning under way less intensity and ramp it up slowly to midday and ramp down for last couple hours of the schedule. What I realized was sudden changes to blue light might confuse them & they don’t recognize their mate and attack (my female was the aggressor). Now when I do water changes and turn the lights on suddenly there is no aggression they’re so used to the blue light now. I don’t use much white light now

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I have no comment, but I have read about this before, you are not the first to have this observation.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The solution seems clear to me…. Lol

Just keep the light white

 

[Clowning_Around72]

The solution seems clear to me…. Lol

Just keep the light white

This is what I am currently doing. It was just wierd to me.