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03-14-2008, 09:24 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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|  Fighting clowns!?!
Kinda weird... I thought my clowns were a mated pair. The guy that I bought them off of said they never left each other's side for over a year. I put them in my tank and they stay side by side for over 8 weeks... then they went to completely seperated sides of the tank for the last week!! Weird. Maybe it's because all of the room and no other tankmates (1 hitchhiker snail and 1 turbo snail)? Not really too worried about it as my tank will change dramatically when I start adding livestock, just found it weird  _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | 
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03-14-2008, 09:44 PM
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| | Plankton
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Kinda weird yes. But what size are you Clowns? If they are equal sized than maybe not so weird. See as far as the clown fish goes in most cases they don't get their sex organs until half grown. The larger of the two clowns will become the female and yes the smaller will be the male. So they may be fighting to grow to be the female. In most cases it is best to buy one clown larger than the other and you will in most cases have a pair. There is no real such thing as a " Mated pair " as many fish will mate with many others. Thats just my input on the issue. If they are not the same size it could be something else where maybe someone else can help here. | |
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03-14-2008, 11:00 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Yep, sounds like they reached puberty...
They are going to fight till one dominates the other. That one is now the female.
Very hard to watch.
Often one beats other to death if ("he") is stubborn.
Good Luck.
Sit back and watch is about all you can do.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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03-15-2008, 07:28 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Sounds to me like they have spawned. Is one of the clowns staying in a certain area??? Look for some orange colored or brown colored eggs.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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03-15-2008, 07:47 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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They are pretty darned close to the same size, and they are decent sized fish, maybe at least 1 1/4". Some very good points brought up. Don't see any eggs or anything. They have always been very agressive during feeding, trying to beat the other one to the food in front of it. Haven't seen them neccessarily fight each other, but maybe a little bit of roughhousing. It will be interesting seeing how things shape up.
All I know is that it makes it a pain in the butt to feed!!! Trying to get my nitrates down so I'm feeding minimally... guess it will be "survival of the fittest" and if they are smart enough to come to food good for them, if not, stuff happens! Thanks for the responses! | |
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03-15-2008, 08:38 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Your welcome. Hope everthing works out... | |
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03-15-2008, 09:50 AM
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| | Plankton
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NP and keep us updated on what happens. | |
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03-15-2008, 11:06 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by baugherb  Sounds to me like they have spawned. Is one of the clowns staying in a certain area??? Look for some orange colored or brown colored eggs.... |
My Maroons stay pretty tight when clutch of eggs about.
Both take turns "swishing" them...but male always stays near, while female wanders about only returning occasionally.
Guess to make sure the Mr. is doing his job.  | |
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03-15-2008, 11:19 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by omard My Maroons stay pretty tight when clutch of eggs about.
Both take turns "swishing" them...but male always stays near, while female wanders about only returning occasionally.
Guess to make sure the Mr. is doing his job. | Sounds like my wife when I'm doing work around the house!  | |
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03-15-2008, 11:22 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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