hey.
I have a saltwater tank with three ocellaris clowns and a remora. Two days ago my smallest clown has disappeared. It maybe hding or could the biggest one may have killed it? Now the biggest clown is trying to attack my remora. Could the clowns be trying to breed?
Should I seperate the clowns, but them in the sump until I can set up a smaller tank just for them?
Any advice will help.
Thanks a lot
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clownfish aggression
braggalot
Aug 29, 2008 12:27 AM
Replies (2)
phishie
Aug 29, 2008 09:11 AM
What size is your tank? According to liveaquaria.com, the minimum tank size is 20 gallons. Are you feeding them several times a day? What is the species name of your anemone, if you know? The ocellaris clownfish has three host anemones: Heteractus magnifica ~ Magnificent sea anemone; Stichtodactyla gigantea ~ Gigantic sea anemone; Stichtodactyla mertensii ~ Merten's sea anemone.
The clownfish are relatives of the damselfish, and tend to be territorial. Did you introduce one first, and then the others? If you did, I would recommend purchasing a bigger, new tank and introduce the clownfish all at once.
You should check your tank to be sure you didn't put some decor on him (it happens). I would separate them until we figure out what's going on in there just so you don't lose any more fish.
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Phishie
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
braggalot
Aug 29, 2008 11:14 PM
Thanks phishie for the response.
I have a 55 gallon aquarium which used to be an all fish tank back in our old house a couple of years ago. i also had a nano cube (12 gallons) running. in the big tank the only thing left was the clown and in the nano was the two smaller clowns. i knew introducing them together would be a challenge, so i put the smaller to into a breeders net for a day or two. i then released them into the bigger tank and they were getting a long great. its been probably 9 or 10 months now. i added a remora 2/3 months ago. but now one of the clowns is disappeared and the biggest clown is attacking the remora. luckily the remora is too fast and big for the clown to injure it.
but as feeding wise, they eat in the morning and right before their lights go off at night.
they do not have an anemone yet due to the tanks conversion into a reef tank than a all fish.
Thanks again
