Marriage not made in heaven...

Neptune 555 · 06/30/2014, 08:33 AM

I purchased two percula clowns as babies... and have had them in a 50 gallon tank together for about 5 months... They used to swim together... then I saw the typical displays between them trying to sort out dominance.. HOWEVER last night I came home to see the displays get VERY nasty.. with one clown really getting beat up. I removed the clown that was getting the brunt of the aggression and placed him in my QT tank.

What are my options? I wanted a pair of percula clowns...? Can I reintroduce the percula clown in QT after say 4 weeks to see if they bond?

Neptune

Teage29 · 06/30/2014, 09:20 AM

My clowns were doing the same thing. I caught both of them and put them in neutral water, AKA a bucket or QT tank. Put them in there the same time. Then move a few rocks in your DT. It may not look that different for you but for them is a whole new territory. Once you finished moving some rock put the pair back in the DT together. They should reform a pair. I did that with my clowns and they are a happy little couple again. Happily attacking my hand rather than each other.

Good Luck

Teage

Nina51 · 06/30/2014, 09:54 AM

i would have taken the aggressor out, rearranged the rock a little and then put him back in after the other one was healed up.

are you sure he didn't deserve a little beat down for not taking out the trash or hogging the remote or i can think of any number of things she mighta thumped him for.

Neptune 555 · 06/30/2014, 11:16 AM

ahh thanks! OK will take the aggressor out.. before I add them both back in and w ill do a total rearrange of the rocks. Going to give the beat up percula a week in QT tank so he can regain heal and eat. thanks!!

YES I wanted a pair of percula clowns.

SGT_York · 06/30/2014, 12:15 PM

Sometimes they just won't pair up. Especially a larger passive fish and a smaller aggressive one. If they don't work it out on the second attempt trade in the smaller for a few months and then try again with a new fish. That has worked twice for me.

fishgate · 06/30/2014, 12:43 PM

Mine established dominance through the bag that one was floating in (the other was in the tank). Once I let the bagged one out, they were almost finished with their dance and have been paired now for almost 4 years.

06/30/2014, 08:33 AM	#1
Neptune 555 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 330	Marriage not made in heaven... I purchased two percula clowns as babies... and have had them in a 50 gallon tank together for about 5 months... They used to swim together... then I saw the typical displays between them trying to sort out dominance.. HOWEVER last night I came home to see the displays get VERY nasty.. with one clown really getting beat up. I removed the clown that was getting the brunt of the aggression and placed him in my QT tank. What are my options? I wanted a pair of percula clowns...? Can I reintroduce the percula clown in QT after say 4 weeks to see if they bond? Neptune

06/30/2014, 09:54 AM	#3
Nina51 biggliest cofveve champ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert Posts: 3,506	i would have taken the aggressor out, rearranged the rock a little and then put him back in after the other one was healed up. are you sure he didn't deserve a little beat down for not taking out the trash or hogging the remote or i can think of any number of things she mighta thumped him for. __________________ of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!!

06/30/2014, 12:43 PM	#6
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	Mine established dominance through the bag that one was floating in (the other was in the tank). Once I let the bagged one out, they were almost finished with their dance and have been paired now for almost 4 years. __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

06/30/2014, 09:20 AM	#2
Teage29 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: PA Posts: 73	My clowns were doing the same thing. I caught both of them and put them in neutral water, AKA a bucket or QT tank. Put them in there the same time. Then move a few rocks in your DT. It may not look that different for you but for them is a whole new territory. Once you finished moving some rock put the pair back in the DT together. They should reform a pair. I did that with my clowns and they are a happy little couple again. Happily attacking my hand rather than each other. Good Luck Teage

06/30/2014, 11:16 AM	#4
Neptune 555 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 330	ahh thanks! OK will take the aggressor out.. before I add them both back in and w ill do a total rearrange of the rocks. Going to give the beat up percula a week in QT tank so he can regain heal and eat. thanks!! YES I wanted a pair of percula clowns.

06/30/2014, 12:15 PM	#5
SGT_York Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,746	Sometimes they just won't pair up. Especially a larger passive fish and a smaller aggressive one. If they don't work it out on the second attempt trade in the smaller for a few months and then try again with a new fish. That has worked twice for me.