Will giving a female clownfish a mate reduce aggression to other fish?
Hopefully its a quick question...
Trying to decide if its worth trying to pick up a new male for my single female clown tomorrow. She has become aggressive to the point where shes been picking on my Sailfin tang and has split the tangs lower fin, and even my hogfish, whos 3x the clowns size, got a chunk removed from his tail. All 100% the clowns doing. Not territorial to 1 specific area either. She lost her mate a few months back (not her fault) and Im wondering if its worth replacing him, if she will stick to doing clown things with him and give the other fish a bit of a break or if she will teach him to terrorize the bigger fish too. I know they are clownholes, but im just wanting to reduce the amount of fin damage shes doing. Not looking to get rid of her either despite the attitude. Hoping it will lessen the attitude towards the others if shes focused on whipping him into shape.... Thanks! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...0/IMG_8239.jpg |
It's un likely that it'll reduce aggression imo but worth trying as I don't believe it would make things any worse. It's possible that it will however limit the aggression to an area in the tank tho.
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Not much help to you, but that's a great photo
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I would try the addition as my clowns stick together in their territory. Could be a
change in behaviour related to the loss of the mate. Was the female always very aggressive? Or is this something that has changed since the loss? |
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Just argh. My other fish all had such perfect fins and now.... my poor Sailfin tang is deathly afraid of her. I will give it a shot if the clowns they have today are big enough to survive my tank. Though maybe she will protect a little one.... |
Sometimes providing a mate helps, but sometimes it makes it worse if they start spawning. It's really a shot in the dark, but what's going on now (her being single) isn't working, so I see no reason not to try pairing her to see if it helps.
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All the clowns were just too tiny for my tank :( hopefully the other new fish throw her for a loop.
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How big is your tank. Perhaps it's more of a space issue than an aggression issue.
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They grow. Breeders want to sell the clowns fast. Waiting for them to grow is money lost. |
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