Odd clownfish behavior help?

[Zallman125]

I had this mocha clownfish he's a lil over a inch had him for 3 weeks then today I added another mocha clown fish he's about 2 inches lil bigger and also added a snow flake clown fish he's smallest of the bunch. The good news is they haven't locked jaws haven't chased or Harass one another they all swim around together there all happy the mochas kinda swim together mostly and the snow flake is more solo. But now the weird thing is as soon as I turn my blue or moon lights on my original mocha clown starts fighting and chasing the other clowns then I turn the white day lights back on and it's like nothing ever happened and there happy again with no fighting lol what's going on ??

 

[Tahoe61]

As long as there are not frayed fins, the smaller fish is eating and not hiding in the cornor or breathing heavy at the surface then I would wait and watch. Clowns can go through periods of aggression, spats and given enough time they resolve the issue. If not take the aggressor and put the fish in a breeder box or in the sump for a few days.

 

[Zallman125]

As long as there are not frayed fins, the smaller fish is eating and not hiding in the cornor or breathing heavy at the surface then I would wait and watch. Clowns can go through periods of aggression, spats and given enough time they resolve the issue. If not take the aggressor and put the fish in a breeder box or in the sump for a few days.

Okay I will I turned the lights off and now they are all sleeping together on top of each other cuddling pretty confused lol

 

[Tahoe61]

My female used to beat the crap out of my male about every month or two. She would grab his fin and slam him. Establishing dominance seems to be something that the male needs to be reminded of.

 

[davocean]

I would have kept to just one pair, there may be aggression issues.
Hopefully your original was still a male.

 

[Mike J.]

Didn't know there was such a thing as odd clownfish behavior? You didn't mention how big your tank is? For more than a pair you'll need enough room for more than one territory. I would describe a territory as two feet squared for clowns in an aquarium.

 

[Tahoe61]

Opps missed the part on multiple clowns. Unless this is a bigger tank it might not work, once the clowns start to really mature you might have a third wheel that might not be accepted by the dominate female or the dominate male. It can get tricky.