Ok get ready for this. I have an o.clown he has been alone for at least 6 or 7 months since his mate died. Two weeks ago I am seeing 1 of 5 of my chromis keep swimming with him together while the other 4 still keep a distance from my clown.
This morning I woke up look at the tank the chromis is sharing a spot with my clown. My clown use to host that area all the time. I see them rubbing their bottom body parts!!! What are they mating??? The clown is not biting or attacking it but ocassionally swim upside down/inverted rubbing its under belly with the chromis. The chromis will just stay there quietly and let him do that. I thought clowns are territorial? When I set up this 6 foot tank 3 months back this clown will chase away all other fishes including all the chromis but now he is accepting this chromis???
This will only happen when the lights are off in the morning. If I turn on the lights the chromis will run away hiding back into the rocks. 5 minutes I turn off the lights this chromis will swim out to the clown again. I tried slap on the glass several times to chase it away but after a while it keeps coming back to the clown. Funnily the other chromis will stare at them in disbelief and may be asking that chromis: what the heck are you doing? You are a chromis for christ's sake.
I thought I would just post a few pics for you to see if you can explain what is going on. Will they mate and give birth to alien species fish?
Touchings is going on...
and more touching...
and other chromis are looking on...
I just want to make sure nothing is wrong before I move them apart because I don't want anything bad to happen to my tank. Could this be a symptom either the clown or the chromis is sick and need to be removed? But they seem perfectly healthy. Just done the feeding everyone's healthy and happy but don't know what will happen tonight though... more intimate moments for them may be?
This morning I woke up look at the tank the chromis is sharing a spot with my clown. My clown use to host that area all the time. I see them rubbing their bottom body parts!!! What are they mating??? The clown is not biting or attacking it but ocassionally swim upside down/inverted rubbing its under belly with the chromis. The chromis will just stay there quietly and let him do that. I thought clowns are territorial? When I set up this 6 foot tank 3 months back this clown will chase away all other fishes including all the chromis but now he is accepting this chromis???
This will only happen when the lights are off in the morning. If I turn on the lights the chromis will run away hiding back into the rocks. 5 minutes I turn off the lights this chromis will swim out to the clown again. I tried slap on the glass several times to chase it away but after a while it keeps coming back to the clown. Funnily the other chromis will stare at them in disbelief and may be asking that chromis: what the heck are you doing? You are a chromis for christ's sake.
I thought I would just post a few pics for you to see if you can explain what is going on. Will they mate and give birth to alien species fish?
Touchings is going on...
and more touching...
and other chromis are looking on...
I just want to make sure nothing is wrong before I move them apart because I don't want anything bad to happen to my tank. Could this be a symptom either the clown or the chromis is sick and need to be removed? But they seem perfectly healthy. Just done the feeding everyone's healthy and happy but don't know what will happen tonight though... more intimate moments for them may be?