my two clownfish are still fighting for dominance and the one has fins that are ripped. I'm guessing it's from running and banging into rocks as i've seen him do this numerous times. It looks almost like it was cut with scissors it's that clean and the rest of the fin looks perfectly fine. Is he going to be alright?? Also they've been showing odd submissive behavior. "Bo" (the injured one) when first introduced to the tank was the more active and more dominant one. Now after a while he seems to be much more lethargic hiding behind rocks and not swimming around nearly as much as before (could it be because of his injury's?). The other one "Nolan" used to be the submissive one seizuring all the time whenever Bo would dart at him. Now Nolan is constantly darting at Bo who doesn't show any submissive behavior, he'll either just run away or turn and stare down nolan, which will cause the original attacker (nolan) to go into seizure. It just seems like their in a stalemate, the one that seizures the most is the one that is the more dominant attacker... Does anyone who knows about pairing clowns think this is odd activity or will they eventually work it out?
injured clownfish!!
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If Nolan is still seizing, it's a sign that he's submissive and trying to chill Bo out. It's hard to say whether it's a problem, but it may just be that Nolan is trying to entice Bo to spawn. Has Nolan shown any signs of cleaning an area?
My clowns could be pretty mean to each other when they were first working things out. Putting one in a breeding net can calm them down sometimes.
My clowns could be pretty mean to each other when they were first working things out. Putting one in a breeding net can calm them down sometimes.
