my maroon clowns won't stop fighting! help!

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fraser

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:help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: my clowns wount stop fightin and i don't no what to do.:help: :help:
 

jowek7

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how long have you had them
they make a plastic thing that flotes that you can seperate your fish with
are they the same size
how big is the tank
 

clown-lover

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How long have you had them?
Did you add them to the tank at the same time?

If they are new to the tank or one is new and this fighting is recent due to the newness one is just asserting their dominance over the other.. Which btw is how their sex will be determined. The more dominant of the two will become the female and larger of the two fish, the submissive will become the male.
 

Reefscape

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I agree its just one stamping its dominance on the other, they will work this out between themselves. Even if you seperate them for a while, and re-introduce, its just going to happen again. As long as its not doing damage to the less dominant clown, then, just monitor the progress...

Niko
 

schigara

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I have a 1.5 in. maroon clown that was hosting a GBTA and I got a 2 in. maroon 3 days ago. They fought for about 20 minutes. Needless to say the new larger clown evicted the smaller tenant and moved in but the fighting didn't last long. They still occasionally have a tussle but they are getting along much better. I am hoping the new guy will let smaller maroon move back in.
 
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