kylebacc
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hey all,
I usually don't post because I can usually find my answers by browsing/searching the forums but this is a pretty case specific problem. So, I got my tank up and running, everything doing very well, got a pair of small clowns and threw 'em in (not literally, lol). Anyway, they were doing great.
Now, however, they have commenced fighting everyday almost all day. I figured this was part of the normal setting up of their hierarchy, and I still believe it to be. But over the course of this fighting the past few days, they have both started to develop white around/on the mouths. One of them is not so bad, I'm not really worried about that one, it's the other one, who looks like every time they lock jaws during their fights, he/she is on the losing side.
I don't know, it's mouth just looks really ripped up. I don't really think it has anything to do with disease, but I'd imagine it could lead to it if given the right circumstances. Today they are actually not fighting...yet. When the lights came on, they looked at each other from either side of the tank, then approached each other slowly. They have just kinda been hangin' out together...they look to tired to fight lol.
Anyway, my questions are:
Should I be worried?
Should I separate them?
How long does the mating process usually take?
Does anyone else have a girlfriend that will kill you if the fish they are attached to die?
Thanks in advance everyone!
I usually don't post because I can usually find my answers by browsing/searching the forums but this is a pretty case specific problem. So, I got my tank up and running, everything doing very well, got a pair of small clowns and threw 'em in (not literally, lol). Anyway, they were doing great.
Now, however, they have commenced fighting everyday almost all day. I figured this was part of the normal setting up of their hierarchy, and I still believe it to be. But over the course of this fighting the past few days, they have both started to develop white around/on the mouths. One of them is not so bad, I'm not really worried about that one, it's the other one, who looks like every time they lock jaws during their fights, he/she is on the losing side.
I don't know, it's mouth just looks really ripped up. I don't really think it has anything to do with disease, but I'd imagine it could lead to it if given the right circumstances. Today they are actually not fighting...yet. When the lights came on, they looked at each other from either side of the tank, then approached each other slowly. They have just kinda been hangin' out together...they look to tired to fight lol.
Anyway, my questions are:
Should I be worried?
Should I separate them?
How long does the mating process usually take?
Does anyone else have a girlfriend that will kill you if the fish they are attached to die?
Thanks in advance everyone!