Female Clownfish twitching?

[Richie49]

My female was twitching right next to the male while they were both in their clay pot, what could she be doing?

 

[Sartium]

I believe its a mating thing, mine do it quite a bit and then I eventually find eggs on the glass

 

[Richie49]

But isn't the male suppose to be the one twitching since he is submitting?

 

[superusername]

Both of mine twitch, though the male does so more frequently. Sometimes they even do it simultaneously, but typically only one at a time.

 

[Richie49]

Have your clowns spawned @superusername ?

 

[Blue Lip]

Mine both do that. I always thought its arguing.

 

[Richie49]

And it looked like if the female was biting at the underside of the male clown and chasing him, what could this be?

 

[superusername]

Mine have not spawned yet. The little male might be too young still - I've had him for 6 months and he was a tiny juvi when I got him.

I thought the twitching was more for pairing in the beginning, but now I think it's sort of ongoing fem dom thing.

When I first introduced the little one to the big female, she did all the twitching and the male was possibly too young to understand. After a few weeks, they both did the twitching and have been doing so regularly for the past 5 months. Though, like I said, she doesn't do it as often as he does these days.

 

[Richie49]

Oh well the guy I bought them from said that the female is about 2.5 years old and the male is about 2 years old, do you think that they're both good age?