Female clown beating the hell out of male

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alysak6075

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So my female clown is beating the hell out of my male. This is a second male. The first one didnt make it. They are not new fish. Female has been in the tank for 8 months and male for 2. I had to move him to the sump cause she was ripping out his fins.

Is this normal? Do the female clowns have extreme PMS or something? Im gonna let the male heal in the sump for a while. What else should i do?
 
What size tank? While it is typical for females to beat up on males that she doesn't find fitting, normally it happens sooner than 2 months after introduction. There are lots of people more familiar with clown pairing than I am, let's wait for one of more of them to chime in.
 
this happened to me twice. one pair in my BC29 and one pair in my 75. the female was beating the male up in the small tank so I switched the pairs from their respective tank. the pair in the big tank are now mated and laying eggs every 2 weeks. the female that was put in the smaller tank, killed the male while i was on vacation in the spring. I got another male this summer, hoping to pair them. she hasn't cooperated. i took her out and put her in a spare 20 then after a few weeks i put the male in there. they have been fine for the last few weeks now. I just transferred him back to the BC29 and will put her in there as well in a few days. hoping they will be fine.
 
jrpark22000 said:
What size tank? While it is typical for females to beat up on males that she doesn't find fitting, normally it happens sooner than 2 months after introduction. There are lots of people more familiar with clown pairing than I am, let's wait for one of more of them to chime in.
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Its a 54 corner. So when i put the male in, they were super sweet to each other. doing the mating dance and everything. For the last 2 months everything was great. Then 2 days ago the clown stopped eating and was on the opposite side of the tank from the female. Yesterday i caught the female literally tearing out chunks out of the male. I caught him and put him in the sump. He is hiding now. Probably sleeping a bit to regain some energy.
 
#theMatrix said:
Tagging along.
Mines were paired and introduced to my aquarium and now theres no interest and only bullying.
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In our 20g, I added two juvi's at the same time, back in July. Now clearly the bigger one is female, and does chase and torment the little guy, but no visible fin damage, so we're watching and letting it go. Both are eating well.
 
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if you want to keep trying the pair, i would move the female to the sump and male back to the DT. After a few weeks, reintroduce her back and take it from there.
 
fredfish13 said:
if you want to keep trying the pair, i would move the female to the sump and male back to the DT. After a few weeks, reintroduce her back and take it from there.
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This might be a stupid question, but what is the difference which fish is where, as long as they are separated? Im still a noob at this so please forgive me for dumb questions:(
 
kind of like introducing new fish to a tank with fish already in it. rearranging aquascape. the old fish will usually hassle the new fish that comes in. the old fish usually has a cave or area that it will defend and fight anyone that comes in the area. so if you put the bossy fish in "time out' and reintroduce, they usually think it might be a new tank. the weaker fish will feel more comfortable and less stress if there is no aggressive fish chasing it in a new tank.
 
fredfish13 said:
kind of like introducing new fish to a tank with fish already in it. rearranging aquascape. the old fish will usually hassle the new fish that comes in. the old fish usually has a cave or area that it will defend and fight anyone that comes in the area. so if you put the bossy fish in "time out' and reintroduce, they usually think it might be a new tank. the weaker fish will feel more comfortable and less stress if there is no aggressive fish chasing it in a new tank.
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+1

Remove the aggressor from the display and give the submissive fish time to acclimate without being picked on, later re-introduce the aggressor back into the submissive fish's territory. What type of clowns are they? Some are easier to pair than others.
 
fredfish13 said:
kind of like introducing new fish to a tank with fish already in it. rearranging aquascape. the old fish will usually hassle the new fish that comes in. the old fish usually has a cave or area that it will defend and fight anyone that comes in the area. so if you put the bossy fish in "time out' and reintroduce, they usually think it might be a new tank. the weaker fish will feel more comfortable and less stress if there is no aggressive fish chasing it in a new tank.
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thank you! that makes sence
 
crazyfishlady said:
+1

Remove the aggressor from the display and give the submissive fish time to acclimate without being picked on, later re-introduce the aggressor back into the submissive fish's territory. What type of clowns are they? Some are easier to pair than others.
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the female is a mocha clown and the male is a wyoming snow white clown.
 
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