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clown fish acting strange

  1. Reef Fish
    My clown fish have been together for over two years and have always gotten along. Last night the bigger of the two started bullying the smaller and now has it cowering in a corner. Every time it tries to come out the bigger one chases it back down. They live in a 90 gallon tank with only two...
  2. New Member Introductions
    Dear fellow members, I had my pair of clown Ocell. fish for 2 years and there was no drama. Recently, I noticed my male clown (submissive) has been acting more aggressive. He started to nip at the female clown and drag her by her fins to the corner. Female stays in the corner then she...
  3. General Reef Discussion
    hello everyone. three days ago i posted about my ocellaris clown and how he survived my tank crash. he wasnt doing very well and didnt eat for the first week. i gave him a freshwater bath or dip or whatever. he seemed to get alot more better and he actually eats now. however, he still has some...
  4. Pests, Hitchhikers, and Diseases
    hey fellow reefers. i've been in the hobby for 6 years and have pretty much always been able to solve any problems and answer any questions simply by doing a little searching online. unfortunately i have a problem with one of my clarkii's and i cant seem to find a direct solution. two months...
  5. General Reef Discussion
    Hi i have 2 clown fish and one of them has all of a sudden been acting aggresive to the other clown fish. it keeps nipping at it and keeps the clown fish in the corner of the tank. could this be because of the clown fish mating or something else? thanks steven
  6. Anemones
    I have a Ocellaris and a Clarkii. The Oc. is hosting my Goniopora very happily but is constantly stirring up the sand around it, creating a trench around it. Is this normal?? When the Goniopora is closed up he will scoot around the tank doing this as well. Makes a mess of my tank!! My Clarkii is...
  7. General Reef Discussion
    i bought a pair of clown fish yesterday. i had already had one black dominal desmel in the tank, so i took him out over night and put him alone so the clown fish would get use to the new tank and not feel threating. they were swimming around fine but i tried to feed them before i went to bed and...
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