Greetings all,
I have an established 75 gallon tank (with lots of hiding spots) with two Wyoming White clownfish which have paired. I had purchased 2 baby Darwin clownfish, around a month ago. The pair of WW’s bullied the crap out of the babies especially the female WW which was expected. The bullying has settled down quite a bit now and I have very recently introduced 1 additional midnight lightning clown. The bullying has started up again with the two WW’s toward the midnight lightning. The midnight lightning is around half the size of the WW’s so I was hoping the bullying wouldn’t be too bad. I understand why the female WW bullies the other clowns because she is asserting her dominance, however the male WW is like her evil minion. He is right behind her partaking and reinforcing her bullying. There was a period of time after a couple days after I purchased the baby Darwin’s, where they and the WW’s were schooling harmoniously. However, now they seem to be tucked away in the corner of my tank most of the time, not looking like they want to come out. Now with the midnight lightning, the WW pair is chasing him all around the tank and wanting him to stay in the same corner as the Darwin babies. Does anyone have any advice on this behavior? I’m worried she will never accept the two Darwin babies, as well as the midnight lightning.
I have an established 75 gallon tank (with lots of hiding spots) with two Wyoming White clownfish which have paired. I had purchased 2 baby Darwin clownfish, around a month ago. The pair of WW’s bullied the crap out of the babies especially the female WW which was expected. The bullying has settled down quite a bit now and I have very recently introduced 1 additional midnight lightning clown. The bullying has started up again with the two WW’s toward the midnight lightning. The midnight lightning is around half the size of the WW’s so I was hoping the bullying wouldn’t be too bad. I understand why the female WW bullies the other clowns because she is asserting her dominance, however the male WW is like her evil minion. He is right behind her partaking and reinforcing her bullying. There was a period of time after a couple days after I purchased the baby Darwin’s, where they and the WW’s were schooling harmoniously. However, now they seem to be tucked away in the corner of my tank most of the time, not looking like they want to come out. Now with the midnight lightning, the WW pair is chasing him all around the tank and wanting him to stay in the same corner as the Darwin babies. Does anyone have any advice on this behavior? I’m worried she will never accept the two Darwin babies, as well as the midnight lightning.