Introducing new juvenile clownfish to tank

Leyth

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Alright guys, so the other day we had a really bad storm and one of my snowflake clownfish jumped. I am assuming the storm startled him as it was very loud. I am also assuming it was the male of the two that jumped since it was much smaller than the other. Well today I introduced a wyoming white clownfish that is smaller than the female and the female is charging him and then pauses awaiting for the submission/seizure thing, but he won't do it. He just runs away instead. Is that normal and it just takes time, or is this not going to happen and I should intervene before someone dies? It's been about 3 hours, but I don't want to leave them together over night if this does not look like it's going well.

They are the only fish in the aquarium if that matters.
 

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Lights going out will pause the behavior.

If 'he' isn't standing up to her, but rather running away, it is a sign of submission and should work itself out, but if your worried, you can use a social acclimation box, critter keeper, or eggcrate diffuser to keep them visible to each other but seperated so they can calm down.
 

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