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![]() After six years my two clowfish have started to spawn. I've had two spawning events in the past 30 days. My problem is that the female is becoming increasingly more aggressive, harassing a yellow tang almost constantly. I suspect the increased agression is related to the spawning. My tank is 4X2X2 and the clowns spawn at one end but the female now treates the entire tank as her territory. Curiously she doesn't harass any other fish regardless of how close they come to her spawning site.
My question is: is there a cycle to clown fish spawning? Something like X number of spawns in the cycle and then a period of no spawning? Any insights would be appreciated. |
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![]() I've only had one pair of clownfish that started spawning and the female became aggressive forever on after spawning.
She would pick on one fish until there was nothing left of them (I would rescue them and put them in the sump when I noticed). I couldn't even put my hand in the tank without her having a go. Needless to say I got rid of them. |
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![]() Which species of Clownfish are they?
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![]() My clownfish pairs did the same thing. For some reason they do not like the yellow tang and always chases it away but it'll let the tail spot blenny come really close to their eggs.
To answer your question, Once clownfish start spawning, they do not stop and will keep laying eggs every 2 weeks until the day that they die. There are ways to make them stop laying like rearranging the rocks in the aquarium or changing the light cycle etc. but they usually start laying again once they acclimated. Cheers |
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![]() As long as she isn't causing damage to the other fish, I wouldn't about it. Ocellaris aren't overly aggressive. She'll probably calm down a bit as time goes on, unless maybe she's just rogue - some individuals are much more aggressive than their species usual. I imagine she's going to bite you lots.
![]() Last edited by Myka; 10-31-2016 at 01:54 PM. |
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![]() I have a number of different fish in the tank (13). Before she started harassing the Tang, which I introduced two days before the first spawn, she must have been harassing my Citron Goby because it became wraith-thin. I never actually saw her attack another fish until she started attacking the Tang. On the other hand, she started attacking the turkey baster at feeding time a few weeks before the first spawn.
Yesterday I set up a turkey baster bobbing near her spawning sight and she was distracted enough to make only the occasional sorte at the Tang. I think I'll try the mirror trick. Thanks for your help. |
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![]() That's tough! I've been contemplating about staying away from clowns this time around as I just can't handle the nipping when I clean the tank.
They can be dicks! |
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![]() Yeah. I've been nipped few times. Really made me jump
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![]() Some of my clients Clown fish draw blood. Grrr!
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