Extremely aggressive ocellaris

[corabeauty4]

I have two young ocellaris clown fish"¦one black and one orange. They have been together now for about two months. I got the black one two weeks after the orange. (The black one is slightly larger) For the first month they were absolutely inseparable and the orange one seemed to be quite submissive (always twitching at the black one). Recently the orange one, who is smaller,has become extremely aggressive. It constantly attacks the black one"¦ so much so that he has a few small bite marks"¦nothing that looks overly concerning. What confuses me is that after the orange one attacks the black one it is the orange one that will submit and twitch like crazy. Sometimes, post attack, they will both twitch at each other. Then they will ignore each other until the orange one comes darting back for more! I am nervous that this behavior will end in the demise of my black clown fish. At night they still sleep together and seem to really enjoy each other. What are your suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Miranda :wave:

 

[DasCamel]

Mating ritual.

Mating ritual.

Normal, tons of posts about it.

 

[SusanLee]

My orange and black clown get along fine until feeding time. The orange tries to bully the black one away. I think the orange one will be the female since it seems to be turning into a *****.