Clarki Divorce?

[Arati]

I have 2 young pearly eye clarki, I got them together at the lfs from seperate tanks, they where the exact same size. Over the last 2 months they have worked out a nice relations ship the femal has now grown noticeably larger then the male. Although the smaller male is a bit tattered they have slept together everynight and are inseperable.

Until now!! dun dun dun...

3days ago I added a Sebae Anenome and he is doing great, ate his 2nd day in the tank and picked a nice spot to live. It only took the clowns a few hours to start rolling around in the nem. They looked soooo happy.

Today the male got the boot, I dunno what he did, but she kept him on the far side of the tank and at the surface all day. Now the little fella is sleeping alone behind a rock

I also saw her swimming closely with the wrasse. little tramp...


Do ya think she will take him back?

Here is a cute video of them a few weeks ago, as payment for your help

 

[garygb]

Could you separate them with a pane of glass so they can see one another but not actually touch. This sometimes works in calming the aggressive one down. Once the two seem to have re-established their relationship as you observe through the glass, then you can remove the glass. Another option is to have a divider that has small enough holes that the smaller fish can go through but the large fish can't, until they "work things out."

 

[SparkPlug]

those look alot more like sebae clowns not clarkis....

i thought my sebae's were clarkis when i first got them too...lol

good looking fish.
i'm sure she'll let him back in sooner or later.

 

[BigH55]

Maybe relayionship counselling. She probably caught him all up in someone elses nem, or hes been out all night at the barescales club.

 

[traveller7]

It is not unusual for a young female or dominant clown to keep a young partner from calling a new anemone home. In fact, it is fairly typical and indicative of a pair that is not fully "bonded".

Give them time, do not separate them, especially if the "junior" keeps trying to visit the dominant fish and continues to submit.

Expect tattered fins, keep water quality and diet up to par, monitor for secondary infections, but you are seeing a normal process unfold.

fwiw: Those are absolutely not A. sebae.

 

[Arati]

thank I didnt think so, but If they are sebae clowns , this is the first time ive ever heard of pearly eye sebea. woot rare fish, rare fish.

well nothing has changed today, she is still hanging around with the wrasse. IMO it wasnt the male staying out all night that got him kicked out. I think it is the wrasse's back door man skills!

anyone ever seen a clown pair up with a wrasse?


Thanks for the insight. he is still trying to get her back so ill keep an eye on them and my fingers crossed.

I wonder what the odd's are of them haveing Pearly eye babies on day

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11868966#post11868966 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Arati
I wonder what the odd's are of them haveing Pearly eye babies on day

Likely a bit more then non pearl eyes having pearl eyes. The expectation would be some fry would develope the pearl eye trait, most would not.

fwiw: There may still be a picture of a tank bred chrysopterus with one pearl eye around here. The parents did not exhibit the pearl eye trait.

 

[BigH55]

Clarkii needs to man up and kick some wrasse.

 

[Arati]

Well It has now been 3days and she hasnt let up , she spent the morning chasing him at high speed around the tank. I am verry worried about him.

How long should I let this go on?