Help!! Are my clowns fighting or mating?

[bluegreg1997]

No signs of damage on body or finns

 

[cet98]

a quik vid would help....

 

[tiababygirl2]

probably mating well deciding who will be the female..

 

[bluegreg1997]

Yea I'm waitin on YouTube to post my video so I can get a link going! Not sure of any other way of uploading a video on RC

 

[bluegreg1997]

Here's the link hope it works

http://youtu.be/as8mxyS1Kd0

 

[Mr. Bill]

They look fairly mature and close to the same size- did you recently add a second one, and if so, how long was the first one alone?

It's really difficult to tell the difference sometimes, as the dominance ritual can become somewhat violent; however, it almost appears that you have two females, simply because one is not being submissive.

 

[bluegreg1997]

Bought them both together 5 days ago from same tank at petstore. They where in same tank at petstore for 2-3 days before I brought them home together

 

[goat585]

To me it looks like they are trying to figure out who is who. There is a chance you can have two females as well. As long as they are not doing too much damage together I would let them figure it out. If one gets beat up I would have a breeder box on hand to isolate the one.

 

[goofyreefer]

^^^^ +1

 

[wantsalotta]

And look for the telltale submissive shimmy. If you see that, you know they're working it out. Minor fin damage can be normal at this point, but should not progress into anything more serious without your intervention.

 

[bluegreg1997]

Now the one clown wont even come out to eat, I think it's ****ed off at the other one and is being submissive by it.

 

[JawFish559]

If one ends up with a black eye then im almost sure its a fight

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[bluegreg1997]

RIP Mr Picasso
My onyx percula ended up fighting my Picasso to the death

 

[bluegreg1997]

So I ended up returning my onyx to exotic aquatics. Didn't want to chance another death with this guy and they where very understanding about the whole situation.

 

[bluegreg1997]

Took these snowflakes home instead, hope they do well together