clownfish help

[flasher1]

I just introduced a pair of unestablished clowns into my tank. They did the whole fighting thing to establish sex, and now the one that got its a$$ kicked is courting the female (looks like he is having a small seizure).

Now that all of that is done, the female is eating and the male will follow the food around for two seconds and then swim away. Is this common???

 

[flasher1]

Let me rephrase that. Is it common for the male to not want to eat the day after fighting for sex???

He was eating yesterday during acclimation before the fight.

 

[Kmiec123]

Give it time...One day won't kill him keep us posted.

 

[flasher1]

well my male is now all tore up. Its over though and they are eating. He has already started courting her even though they wont spawn for probably another 6 months maybe later.

 

[D-Rod]

Males usually eat less than females anyways.

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9334716#post9334716 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flasher1
well my male is now all tore up. Its over though and they are eating. He has already started courting her even though they wont spawn for probably another 6 months maybe later.

how old are your clown? are they different sizes? what kind of clownfish?

 

[flasher1]

they are both a little over an inch in size right now. I am not sure how old they are but they are wild caught australian true percs.

Anyone know why the female all of a sudden loses her coloration? At night she kind of lays in the corner of the tank and she is translucent almost. She also has white stringy poop which leads me to think she has some sort of bacterial infection. Any thoughts and anything I can do????