Help with new clowns

[elabar]

About 2 weeks weeks ago I got a pair of young onxy clowns. They went directly into my RBTA and have not left it. One of the clowns seems to just lay in there any never move unless he is eating or fighting with the other clown. I have two questions about this. 1- is the fighting to establish dominance? Could it kill one of them if they keep fighting. 2- Is the laying on the RBTA and not wanting to move normal. My last clowns that I had for 2 years never touched them so I'm not sure on what normal behavior would be.

 

[fishroomlady]

As long as they are eating, I've had clowns that will never leave the anemone except to bring it food. I would think that the fighting is establishing dominance. Worst case scenario depending on how intense the fighting is, one could die but you can tell if it's getting to that point if you start to see a lot of injury on one or the other. You may then have to remove the less dominant (beat up) one before it dies. That's my two cents.

 

[elabar]

Here are a few pictures of my clown. Today he did not eat and is now starting to get white marks on his side I moved him in to his own tank tonight. Any ideas or any help would be awesome. Thank you

 

[fishroomlady]

I'm not sure how to help elabar. It does look like some sort of disease though and not from just fighting....you may want to look in some of the threads on identifying and treating various diseases. That you have it removed to a separate tank is good for treating what is wrong.

 

[elabar]

Here are a few pictures of my clown. Today he did not eat and is now starting to get white marks on his side I moved him in to his own tank tonight. Any ideas or any help would be awesome. Thank you