fijiwigi
Aquarium Advice Addict
I went to the LFS today Petco ( I bought nothing I was so proud of myself) anyway they had a small tank with 6yellow tangs 1 of which was half dead, a coral beauty and like 25 ocellaris clownfish about 2"-3" . I stood there for about 5min watching the clownfish there were these 2 that were chasing after each other being rather aggressive. I watched 1 clownfish biting the other over and over again until the clownfish being bit got scared and hid by a piece of decor panting and being very still. Then the aggressive one started picking on another clown. There was about 4 of the 25 that were biting consistently. On their card it said to keep a single clown as they get aggressive toward one another as they mature. I know a lot of people keep a mated pair is that a recipe for disaster long term to keep a pair of clownfish? I am sure it has a lot to do with size of tank as the pet store tank was probably only 30gallons or so. I wonder if different species of clownfish have different behaviors the Maroon clownish seem much more peacefull and the Ocellaris seem to be the most active from what I have seen.
I also noticed 3 other almost dead fish and several fish leftovers of fish that died. Its sad when you see a really large yellow tang in a tiny tank almost dead. Just thought i would share.
I also noticed 3 other almost dead fish and several fish leftovers of fish that died. Its sad when you see a really large yellow tang in a tiny tank almost dead. Just thought i would share.