hey-
So I had this small black ocellaris clownfish for a while, then I decided to try and get her to pair with a much smaller orange ocellaris- It was a little rough at first of course. The larger black one being territorial with the orange- I actually pasted some pics up around the tank of orange 'o's and it helped ALOT- I took the pics down after like 4 days and there wasn't any attacking going on after that.
A few weeks later it looks like they paired! They swing together, do the little clownfish crazy dances etc- The smaller one doing the submission jitters to the larger one and everything.
Flash 4 months later- And for the first time after being cool for 4 months, when the lights go down the black 'o' really chases the orange guy out of the torch that has been their joint home for the past 4 months.
To the point where it looks like she's trying to really hurt him. The orange guy stays away afraid for a while. When I see this I post pics up again and the black 'o' gets freaked out and everything calms down.
Are they maybe not really paired? Should I be concerned about this or just let it play out?
Any input would be appreciated- I don't want the little guy to get torn apart.
So I had this small black ocellaris clownfish for a while, then I decided to try and get her to pair with a much smaller orange ocellaris- It was a little rough at first of course. The larger black one being territorial with the orange- I actually pasted some pics up around the tank of orange 'o's and it helped ALOT- I took the pics down after like 4 days and there wasn't any attacking going on after that.
A few weeks later it looks like they paired! They swing together, do the little clownfish crazy dances etc- The smaller one doing the submission jitters to the larger one and everything.
Flash 4 months later- And for the first time after being cool for 4 months, when the lights go down the black 'o' really chases the orange guy out of the torch that has been their joint home for the past 4 months.
To the point where it looks like she's trying to really hurt him. The orange guy stays away afraid for a while. When I see this I post pics up again and the black 'o' gets freaked out and everything calms down.
Are they maybe not really paired? Should I be concerned about this or just let it play out?
Any input would be appreciated- I don't want the little guy to get torn apart.
