SwampyBill
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Not sure. I've always kept changing them until they paired up.
Pairing injured clownfish
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SwampyBill
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How are they tonight? Any worse?
hobbzz
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I got home from work at 3 and for the first few hours they were on opposite sides of the tank. The new one paid no attention to the female, unless the female initiated contact by charging, or swimming up along side of him or doing the submissive dance. And that's not a typo, the dominant female still does the submission from time to time. Unprovoked as well. It's not like the male is charging her trying to get her to submit. She just does it first.
Since about 7-8 they've been at least staying on the same side of the tank. So for about 3-4 hours now. The male still doesn't show much interest, he's usually staying in place in the current with his tail pointed toward her. He could just be getting used to the tank/other fish, but he's not doing much of what I would call exploring. If he strays for more than 10-15 minutes she will slowly swim over, sometimes just staying near him for a brief few seconds or minutes, sometimes she'll start dancing/twitching. She is definitely making contact constantly. They did not sleep together last night. I couldn't find where he was. They've been swimming in the current about 6-8 inches away from each other for about 20 minutes now.
So basically the footnotes to my novel would be that I'm not sure what to make of it haha.
Since about 7-8 they've been at least staying on the same side of the tank. So for about 3-4 hours now. The male still doesn't show much interest, he's usually staying in place in the current with his tail pointed toward her. He could just be getting used to the tank/other fish, but he's not doing much of what I would call exploring. If he strays for more than 10-15 minutes she will slowly swim over, sometimes just staying near him for a brief few seconds or minutes, sometimes she'll start dancing/twitching. She is definitely making contact constantly. They did not sleep together last night. I couldn't find where he was. They've been swimming in the current about 6-8 inches away from each other for about 20 minutes now.
So basically the footnotes to my novel would be that I'm not sure what to make of it haha.
SwampyBill
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Yea, both male & females will do the submissive twitching. She's making contact, but maybe he's still in that juvie phase & not ready to pair up yet. It sounds promising, though.
SwampyBill
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Yea, it is...Sounds like you can rest a bit easier. If looking for him after lights out, check up top behind a powerhead, maybe even laying on his side. Mine always did that early on & at first freaked me out thinking he was dead. 
hobbzz
How do I change this?
Our injured one liked to sleep at the very top of the overflow at the waterline. That freaked me out too, thinking he was going to go over. Tank lights are out now and they're both swimming around the torch, I'm guessing since the bta isn't available. I'm interested in seeing what happens when the room lights have been off for a while.
SwampyBill
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It could take weeks or even months, IF they ever do pair up. With any luck, hopefully, one day outta the blue you'll turn lights on & they'll be all lovey-dovey like 2 teenagers w/ their 1st crush...Have patience, grasshopper, unless aggression gets worse...
