Pair of ocellaris fighting after 7 years of relationship

[Daniel Carvello]

I have a TL550(28G) for 7 years. It has a pair of ocellaris,4 btas and some zoanthus.

The female (orange ocellaris) and the male (black ocellaris) always lived as a couple, including, spawning almost every month for many years.

Until last month....When they stopped swimming together, spawning, and the female began to attack the male.

I had never heard of it before. What happened? Did the male turn female after so many years?

 

[MarinaP]

Once my male saddleback killed the female that he was paired with. Anything can happen with these fish. Separate them or one will end up dead.

 

[humphreyhh]

My clownfish did that last month. They been together for two years. The female fought the male for couple of days and then they are back together now in the nem.


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[Yuri Barros]

the top of anemonefish Queue is to be a Female......

While the dominant Female mantain the rest of the Queue under pressure........the dominant male will try to find a weak spot to force dominance over the Female........


If the female show weak sign........the male will fight to reach the top of the Queue........