Abynum1
Premium Member
Please read this thread (not long) to get up to speed on my pairing of maroons.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1114901
Where were at right now,and have been at for the last 3 days:
He hangs out ,at all times during the day about 8-9" from the BTA she is hosting. Sometimes closer,but never much further.
Once the lights start to go out he gets much closer to her almost touching the nem.
Every now and then,if he gets a little too close, she'll rush him,he'll shiver, and she'll just get up in his face a second or two,then turn around and go back to the nem.
She rarely ever nips at him anymore.She didn't nip at all at this evening's feeding.
It certainly does not look like she is going to let him in the nem anytime soon, but she tolerates him 100% as long as he doesn't get too close to the bta.
She can come out for food and swim right by him like he's not even there,so it's definitely the proximity to the nem that triggers any aggression (which is nothing more than a mean look at this point.)
So have they paired? or is it possible 2 maroons could coexist without pairing? Everything I've read (or at least the way I understand it) would suggest that a maroon will not tolerate any clown except her mate.
I know I have a big tank, but he's never more than 9" away from her at anytime,so it's not like she doesn't't know he's there.
Oh, and she's a lot more aggressive towards my yellow tail blue damsel here lately if that means anything.
Any theories?
Thanks
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1114901
Where were at right now,and have been at for the last 3 days:
He hangs out ,at all times during the day about 8-9" from the BTA she is hosting. Sometimes closer,but never much further.
Once the lights start to go out he gets much closer to her almost touching the nem.
Every now and then,if he gets a little too close, she'll rush him,he'll shiver, and she'll just get up in his face a second or two,then turn around and go back to the nem.
She rarely ever nips at him anymore.She didn't nip at all at this evening's feeding.
It certainly does not look like she is going to let him in the nem anytime soon, but she tolerates him 100% as long as he doesn't get too close to the bta.
She can come out for food and swim right by him like he's not even there,so it's definitely the proximity to the nem that triggers any aggression (which is nothing more than a mean look at this point.)
So have they paired? or is it possible 2 maroons could coexist without pairing? Everything I've read (or at least the way I understand it) would suggest that a maroon will not tolerate any clown except her mate.
I know I have a big tank, but he's never more than 9" away from her at anytime,so it's not like she doesn't't know he's there.
Oh, and she's a lot more aggressive towards my yellow tail blue damsel here lately if that means anything.
Any theories?
Thanks
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