Female Percula seems to now prefer the black ocellaris

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  1. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    hello all....

    so this is rather urgent, the table seem to have turned regarding my 3 clowns, it has always been the two perculas together and the black and white ocellaris was kind of the "chased loner"....he took the occasional beating but nothing life threatening.....however yesterday the tables seem to have turned, the ocellaris and my fat female percula seem to hang out together now and aggressively chase my little male percula whenever he dares to show is nose.... :(....... im thinking this is probably due to the fact my female will spawn soon and she wants to try a new male?

    my question is this....will this stop once shes spawned, which of the two do I sump? ( I caught the male percula yesterday and let him recover in the sump over night, this morning before lights on I put him back in the DT)

    I need a temporary solution, just a matter of a couple weeks and my biocube will be ready to host the occelaris..... but now im sketched out things will never be the same again between the perculas....
     
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  3. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    .....sumped the occelaris this morning
     
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    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    and things seem back to normal between the two perculas..... thank God I have a large sump, a MUST have for reef-keeping