Clowns are on time out!

[emcmilla]

So, I just added my solar fairy wrasse to the DT. He is so happy. He immediately has more colour than from when he was in QT. My magnificent foxface and him are getting along fine, however, my ocellaris clowns (pretty much only the female) is chasing after him. I am going to change around my rockwork but does anyone have any other suggestions to remove the aggression?

 

[dforlenza]

I had some aggression with a damsel and a clown. moving the rocks around only helped for a day or so. it was suggested I get a small tank (I call it a time out tank) that I put in my DT with either the aggressor, or the prey in it. Giving them some time to familiarized with each other. then move some rocks around before letting them out. I put the clown in the tank over night, he was much easier to catch. it seemed to work well for me.

 

[emcmilla]

ok thank you. I have moved the rocks and will see how that goes. I wonder if you had more difficulty because they are both damsels. I was always told that once the clown and damsels get larger there will be more aggression simply because they are from the same genus.
I will definitely try your solution should they become aggressive again.

 

[BleuFish]

Try turning the lights off for a day if she is still aggressive after rescaping the rocks. If she's still aggressive after that try keeping the clowns in the QT tank for a few days, and do a major rescape before adding them back.

 

[emcmilla]

ok. I will also try that. They seem to be doing okay right now. The wrasse is hiding in the rock work right now but was out earlier. I'll keep a close eye on them.