Jennybo
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My husband just bought 2 Clown Fish from a pet store. They were in a giant tank full of about 20 clowns. We have had them for about 3 weeks now. We have been watching their behaviors and trying to figure out which one is going to be the female and which one will stay the male. They are both the same size and they both chase each other around the tank. Sometimes they bite each other in the side and later they are side by side swimming around. One will swim up to the second one and that one will quiver underneath the first one, but later on the role reverses. They both take turns swimming sideways and submitting to the other. They have just kicked the blue damsel fish out of the top cave in the live rock and made the damsel find someplace else to sleep. Is all of this normal behavior? Has one turned female yet or is it to soon?