i am not sure if i can do this...

[BiggySmalls]

i have 2 clowns and 1 is beating the other one up, so i separated them,. they were a pair for 3 months, that is how long i have had teh tank. so they just suddenly started to fight.

so can i exchange the beaten up one for a smaller one and will it pair with the other one still in the tank???


they are occellarus clowns about 3 inches each and in a 24g nano cube

 

[GSMguy]

are they same size?
if so yes go find a tiny one and it should pair i would use a specimin container to get them introduced

 

[BiggySmalls]

well they are rele close in size, i have a small intank refugium could i use that to iintroduce them?

 

[AquaReeferMan]

The more dominant one could be converting into a female. One day my larger clown started beating up the smaller one. Wouldnt even let in in the nem. This happened for a couple of days. After that they have been fine. Ride it out a little they might just be establishing themselves.

 

[BiggySmalls]

they haev been a pair for more than 3 months, and the smaller one looks pretty bad sou think i should put it back in?

 

[BiggySmalls]

well b4 they were fighting the 3 months the smaller one was doing the twitch thing to the bigger one, but now i thnk the smaller one is fighting back, unless they mated b/c they were hanging out in a cave for a while,
when ever i go by the tank they start to fight
i honestly dont know wat to do

 

[dc]

It's always a toss up to do, there's never a guarentee the next one will be better either. I would be inclined to ride it out myself.

 

[BiggySmalls]

ok thanks, i will wait for some more responses, but probably try to put them together again, and if it doesnt work, maybe i wont get another clown and exchange it for a different fish. there is some cool fish out there

i have an intank refugium and do you think if i put both of them in there they might work it out?

 

[dc]

I wouldn't confine them to something smaller. The smaller one will at least have a chance to hid if it doesn't work out.

 

[GSMguy]

biggy if they have both decided to be females which is what i susspect the fish will not work it out
in the aquarium size difference matters which is why people run into problems with groups of clowns the female keeps switching mates to the small ones and the ones in the middle start going female

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9221440#post9221440 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
I wouldn't confine them to something smaller. The smaller one will at least have a chance to hid if it doesn't work out.

if anything i would use the fuge as a way to seperate them

 

[BiggySmalls]

ok so i might try it again,
first i will see if they fight, if they do i will put the small one in the fuge

 

[BiggySmalls]

thanks for the help

hope it works out

 

[GSMguy]

if they are both decided they are female and they fight take the smaller one out and find one that is as small as possible size difference in the aquarium is more important than in the wild

 

[BiggySmalls]

yeah i just put the small one back and no fighting yet, but the little one is twitching so i think it is the male

 

[dc]

The little one is always the male.

 

[Jakealien]

My big female is the only one that twitches to the smaller male, smaller by about 2 inches! Maybe your male wants to be a lady!

 

[GSMguy]

no females and males both twitch but its different