Aggressive clowns???

[POLARBEAR0871]

I have two clowns that I've had for 3-4 months now and at first neither of them were aggressive but just the other day I noticed my male getting very aggressive towards my female and he's been like that for about a week or week and a half any one know for the sudden behavior

 

[bettaowner]

What species?

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

It's probably the other way around, the one that is being aggressive is most likely becoming the female and establishing dominance. And clowns can be just down right mean...

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

True percula

 

[Bectan01]

My clown (female) got more aggressive as she got older. They are an aggressive fish, should be added last I reckon...

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

My female is way bigger but my male ha become more aggressive lately

 

[traviere]

I agree with Big Reds. I have two black and white clowns. The bigger of the two beat up the smaller for about 2 weeks then they just went back to being a happy little family. Clowns are born male and the largest will switch to become the dominant female. You might have to rename them!

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

That's what I figured was going on but whyd they decide to switch sexes

 

[traviere]

It insures that they continue to survive in the wild. When the dominant female dies, a large male will switch to female to make sure they can continue to breed.

 

[herp_mommy]

normal behavior. the more aggressive one will turn female.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

But why are they switching sexes if they've never bred before is it something all clowns do

 

[herp_mommy]

All clownfish start male. The most aggressive and largest becomes the female. They occasionally scuffle again to test out dominance.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

I knew that and find that very intriguing so they're just testing each other ok thanks