How much clownfish aggression is too much?
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Yeah i think I’m going to give the breeder box method a shot but after that I’m not sure what I’ll do, they’re both beautiful fish
yeah maybe the female in there would be best, so she doesn’t see all the tank as hers.
Do you keep the lights off at night?
dach
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My light schedule right now is
9:30am:begin 1hr ramp up
10:30am: lights fully on (ai prime BRS recommended settings at 50% power)
7:30pm: begin 2hr ramp down
9:30pm: lights off
at night when the lights are off the fish sleep separately, usually one on each side of the tank, but right now the male is hiding while the female is in her usual spot
you could be right, I don’t know when they change to female, but I know when mine were very small, even then it was clear which was going to be the female, it could have just been the more confident one, or that it turned female very young?
dach
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You think they’re both female at under 2 inches each? And they still do the shaking at each other, just the chasing is excessive. For reference, i got them a month ago now and when i first got them the black storm still looked mocha. The chasing started about a week or so ago.
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good they get a good dark period, As that can cause aggression if they don’t.
Not sleeping together is not a good sign, I can only speak from my experience but mine near enough slept together from the start, especially when you consider they would be nervous in a new tank so being together you would think would be natural for them to do.
I have 2 in large display and 6 in 60 cube. This can go on for months. Sometimes its best to just walk away. My daughter couldn't stand it. I'd tell her to walk off. Now they are ALL alive and well. An occasional quarrel but for the most part there is peace. I think its harder on you as the observer. Just my .02...
dach
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yeah I’m just wondering when i would need to actually step in, i know that sometimes the pairs don’t work out and the female will kill the male, so if that’s gonna happen, I’d rather intervene
dach
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one interesting dynamic in my tank that I’ve noticed is that my helfrichi fire fish is territorial, and i will see the black clownfish submitting to the fire fish if the firefish is ever bothered. I’m thinking maybe it’s taking it out on the orange clown fish. I’m not sure if that’s totally relevant tho
If the fish are not torn up badly then yes. It's the nature of the fish. They are nothing like Finding Nemo. LOL
Clown fish look to dominate. the female will be the larger and the male will almost stunt in growth. NEVER being bigger than the female. just the way it is. They beat themselves silly. Sometimes to the death or til one jumps out. Then they bond or the president calls a truce and everybody's good like my tank. Six months ago it was a civil war in there. Now they're fine. Started with 7. One jumped and the rest are fine.
Clown fish look to dominate. the female will be the larger and the male will almost stunt in growth. NEVER being bigger than the female. just the way it is. They beat themselves silly. Sometimes to the death or til one jumps out. Then they bond or the president calls a truce and everybody's good like my tank. Six months ago it was a civil war in there. Now they're fine. Started with 7. One jumped and the rest are fine.
Great book
Says a lot about them and corrects some false information
dach
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what do you think of the picture of the orange clown on page 1? Is that torn up badly or just moderately? He’s still eating and everything, just being bullied to no tomorrow lol
jaganshi066
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I got a pair of juvenile storm clownfish about 3 weeks ago, the black one has begun relentlessly chasing the orange one. How much aggression is too much before i need to remove/return the black one?
The orange one seems to submit or run or hide when chased, but it’s all day and every time the black one spots the orange one it charges at the orange one. Here are some videos :
Also another thing that happened is when i put a net in the tank all of the sudden the black storm is submitting to the smaller orange?? Weird..
As of now i need to go to work but the orange storm is hiding while it seems like the black storm is looking for it.
Well I thought my two clowns were the most peaceful thing but once they started breeding they were so aggressive and attacked everything. I wanted to say your tank is beautiful though.
Intervening is sometimes just delaying the inevitable. They aren't dogs. It's instinct and what they do. It's kinda like trying to stop Salmon from swimming upstream.
I'd provide hiding places and cover the tank and let them sort it out. Worst case scenario get them a marriage counselor.
In all honesty to me he doesn't look that bad. Mine would tear each other up and then the female grew and kicked the male's butt up and down that tank. He lived in a 4" square area behind a flow pump for like two months. Came out to grab a food pellet when she wasn't looking and got his butt kicked for doing it. Now they are perfect couple. She tells him what to do and he does it. Case closed
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