Mai tai clown fish

[Fish doctor]

I have two Mai tai clown fish in my 150 gallon tank. One is bigger than the other. So the bigger one is the female or should be. They have been doing just fine until about two months ago. They seem to be going thru some type of fish divorce. They use to sleep in the same corner as well as spend the whole time close together. Now they stay on opposite sides of the tank. The male seems to be in love with the coral beauty angelfish. Has this ever happened to any of you? The coral beauty seems to get along with both clowns. Is there anything I can do? Or can you think of something I may have done to cause this. Thanks for your help. I forgot to mention that they have been in the tank together for almost a year.

 

[Fish doctor]

Does anyone have any ideas on what's going on?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

If they aren't trying to kill each other it's okay to leave them be.

 

[Fish doctor]

I agree with you. I just find it odd that for months they were like two shadows. Now they don't want anything to do with each other.

 

[OrionN]

Pairing of hybrid clowns are more difficult, especially when you try to pair offspring from species that are so significantly different from each other. Behavior signals of these cross must be all messed up. Ocellaris will know what an other Ocellaris signal mean. This crazy cross of Maroon X Ocellaris (this is Mai Tai I think), it is unlikely that the dominate fish know the signal of the submissive fish and vice versa. Add to this the aggressiveness of the Maroon clowns, I bet it is even harder to pair two Mai Tai then trying to pair two white strip Maroon.

 

[gavinbree]

Maroons are hard to pair at the best of times one minute they can be the best of friends and then all hell can break loose, they are by far the most aggressive clowns so keep an eye on them.

I'm guessing they have more traits of maroons as they tend to look more maroon like but with bars, but I'm just guessing.

Young clowns are more tolerant of one another also, so this could be a warning sign that they're not interested in each other.

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[Fish doctor]

Yes they do look more like Maroon clowns. I Didn't think about the fact. That they may be getting there signals mixed up. The male does the little side ways shimmy like shake. When the female gets a bit rough. However it makes sense that they don't fully understand one another, being that they are hybrids.

 

[Triggerhappy613]

Our true percs go through their "divorces" as well. We have an anenome on either side of the tank. While they are seperated, she moves to the other. Eventually, she goes back and they usually resume spawning shortly after. We also have a coral beauty who resides in the rock below their preferred anenome. If they are eating well and not killing or being killed, leave them be.

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