My dominate clown will not let other eat, can someone help?

Doobie65

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Wenever the dominate clown ( black) is around the other( 99.9%) The small one will not eat. You can see that it is scared to eat. If the dominate chases food to the other side of the tank then the little one will hurry up and grab a brine or pellet real quick. Its really iritating to watch as I know it cant be getting enough food! They were both the same size 5 months ago and now the black is almost 3 times as big! Is there anything I can do besides splitting them up? Thank you.

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Have you tried feeding on both sides of the tank at same time?
Does the dominant get aggressive at all when the smaller one goes after the food at same time?
 

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They became a mated pair, the bigger one is the female, females will always grow bigger. If she's not trying to kill the male, they will be fine. These 2 are the same size when I got them 2 years ago.
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