my maroon clowns won't stop fighting! help!
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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.
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.
Do you have a sump? If so you might want to put the bully in it or a QT area until you can sort it out.
sounds like one is just asserting dominance over the other.... nothing to worry about..
they will sort it out on their own.... i wouldn't move one to the sump just because it might prolong the dominating period...
they will sort it out on their own.... i wouldn't move one to the sump just because it might prolong the dominating period...
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
Niko
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.
I should have been clearer, I meant to suggest separating them only if one of them appeared to be in danger.