Clown Fish Help And Thanks Help

[ben1987]

seems like they are stll just establishing dominance to me then.

 

[fish_lover09]

seems like they are stll just establishing dominance to me then.

thanks for your help one last thing i read on the internet that the shakey thing is submissive behaviour and that they should stop fighting when 1 does it but mine seem to do it before they start fighting and then after not always thro sometimes they dont shake at all and just fight is this all normal behaviour for establishing dominance
thanks

 

[-Nemo-]

Everything sounds/looks normal to me. Give them some time and they'll work it out

 

[CoMan]

Im new at this but also have two young clowns. One is smaller than the other. The smaller one is doing that shakey thing you described. He normally does it when the bigger one tells him off. He gets told off for doing just about anything the poor fella. Eating the bigger bits of food, swimming to the other side of the tank on his own etc.

They are odd fish. I don't think you have too much to worry as long as both are eating etc and keeping healthy

good luck

 

[seffieuk]

Indeed, as nemo said - perfectly normal behaviour - you should see them do that 'shakey thing' in anemones it is a sight to behold

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

my clownfish stopped fighting now and dont do the shakey thing that much but recently i been seeing them both do it at the same time it looks like there both having a fit, i can see there is a little difference in size and just wondered if this is normal still as i read that the male normal does it when the female gets a bit annoyed.

 

[-Nemo-]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

 

[fish_lover09]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

thanks for ur help is this why my clowns aint with each other as much now, they still eat together and attack my hand together there gettin quite a bite on them now, can they draw blood at full size i only ask as mine aint big yet and there got quite a bite on them. anyways back on topic the one i suspect to be the female has it own little place in between 2 rocks and sometimes she will let the male in and other times its a no, does it sound like im on the right path to getting a mated pair?
thanks again

 

[GAB99]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

thanks for ur help is this why my clowns aint with each other as much now, they still eat together and attack my hand together there gettin quite a bite on them now, can they draw blood at full size i only ask as mine aint big yet and there got quite a bite on them. anyways back on topic the one i suspect to be the female has it own little place in between 2 rocks and sometimes she will let the male in and other times its a no, does it sound like im on the right path to getting a mated pair?
thanks again

#136###? clownfish bite? AND draw blood?? omg and i thought they were just quirky, not homicidal lol

 

[fish_lover09]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

thanks for ur help is this why my clowns aint with each other as much now, they still eat together and attack my hand together there gettin quite a bite on them now, can they draw blood at full size i only ask as mine aint big yet and there got quite a bite on them. anyways back on topic the one i suspect to be the female has it own little place in between 2 rocks and sometimes she will let the male in and other times its a no, does it sound like im on the right path to getting a mated pair?
thanks again

#136###? clownfish bite? AND draw blood?? omg and i thought they were just quirky, not homicidal lol

well im not 100% sure if they can draw blood or have teeth (i say bite cuz thats what it feels like) althro when i searched in google it says full size clown can draw blood especially when they are guarding eggs and they feel threatened

 

[GAB99]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

thanks for ur help is this why my clowns aint with each other as much now, they still eat together and attack my hand together there gettin quite a bite on them now, can they draw blood at full size i only ask as mine aint big yet and there got quite a bite on them. anyways back on topic the one i suspect to be the female has it own little place in between 2 rocks and sometimes she will let the male in and other times its a no, does it sound like im on the right path to getting a mated pair?
thanks again

#136###? clownfish bite? AND draw blood?? omg and i thought they were just quirky, not homicidal lol

well im not 100% sure if they can draw blood or have teeth (i say bite cuz thats what it feels like) althro when i searched in google it says full size clown can draw blood especially when they are guarding eggs and they feel threatened

well, my clowns seem to love my hand, they just swim round and round it,does get annoying though.

 

[fish_lover09]

Not abnormal for the dominate one to shake as well. Clownfish are odd little fish. "Shaking" can be used not only to show sub-ordinance but also to get attention, think of them as dating at the moment

Haven't seen my two clowns shake at each other in years

thanks for ur help is this why my clowns aint with each other as much now, they still eat together and attack my hand together there gettin quite a bite on them now, can they draw blood at full size i only ask as mine aint big yet and there got quite a bite on them. anyways back on topic the one i suspect to be the female has it own little place in between 2 rocks and sometimes she will let the male in and other times its a no, does it sound like im on the right path to getting a mated pair?
thanks again

#136###? clownfish bite? AND draw blood?? omg and i thought they were just quirky, not homicidal lol

well im not 100% sure if they can draw blood or have teeth (i say bite cuz thats what it feels like) althro when i searched in google it says full size clown can draw blood especially when they are guarding eggs and they feel threatened

well, my clowns seem to love my hand, they just swim round and round it,does get annoying though.

ohh i want your clowns lol i dunno why my clowns bite or if there a way to stop them maybe an auto feeder so the clowns dont see me as the provider lol they normal see my hands then the food so maybe they think it feeding time everytime my hand in the tank but i dunno maybe its just the way mine are

 

[Pearsondesign]

my 2 new perculas seem to spend 90% of the time ast the top left corner of my tank, at the back!
its annoying, cos they are such amazing fish, i wanna see them more
there are plenty of places for them to explore, rocks, caves, plants and polyps, but they just stay there

 

[fish_lover09]

my 2 new perculas seem to spend 90% of the time ast the top left corner of my tank, at the back!
its annoying, cos they are such amazing fish, i wanna see them more
there are plenty of places for them to explore, rocks, caves, plants and polyps, but they just stay there

when i first got my clowns they did the same as yours do now but after a few weeks they started swimming around more now they go where ever they want never sit still had mine for bout 2months

 

[Pearsondesign]

ah cool, thats good to know
thankyou