Clownfish fighting common?

[Joeballz]

I just picked up 2 percula clowns. they follow each other around alot but also fight alot. is this common behavior for clowns? and will they get along eventually?

 

[shaunsreef]

put three this will slow it down

 

[noelskii]

they'll be fine, just leave them alone.

 

[Joeballz]

ok

 

[Treef]

mine fought for a couple of weeks than settled down, think they are just establishing whose in charge

 

[Joeballz]

yea i guess they gotta figure out who wears the pants in the relationship

 

[SevTT]

I just picked up 2 percula clowns. they follow each other around alot but also fight alot. is this common behavior for clowns? and will they get along eventually?

Oh yeah. Totally normal, while the genders are being sorted out. The female really beats down the male for a while. So long as they're not sustaining actual damage, and just chasing eachother all over and such, don't sweat it, it's normal.

(I'm assuming they're two small ones, or a small one and a large one, and not two large ones. If it's the latter you might be outta luck.)

 

[SevTT]

yea i guess they gotta figure out who wears the pants in the relationship

Literally.

 

[Dre]

yea i guess they gotta figure out who wears the pants in the relationship

If both of them wears pants, one will soon start to wear the dress LOL.They have the ability to change sex.Usually the smaller one become male.

 

[SevTT]

If both of them wears pants, one will soon start to wear the dress LOL.They have the ability to change sex.Usually the smaller one become male.

IIRC, clownfish start out without a gender, transition into male, and the biggest, most annoying male eventually becomes female. Males can transition to females but not back.