damsel chasing clowns

[bubbymac]

I picked up my ocellaris clowns (tr mated pair). well my blue and yellow tail damsel who has been in the tank for a couple of weeks keeps chasing them around. with this stop?

 

[pat8you]

How big is your tank?

 

[HoCkEyGmC]

damsels are teratorial so it prob wont stop, tank size will help determine tho...

 

[bubbymac]

29g
biocube
40 lb of live rock

 

[ryshark]

The damsel isn't actually hurting the clowns is it? You may need to get rid of the damsel if it doesn't stop soon. The lfs should give you a little store credit for it if you take it back.

 

[pat8you]

In a tank that size there may just not be enough room for every one to play nice. All those fish are somewhat aggressive and like their own space. I don't think it will ever totally stop but things may settle down a little bit after a couple days. There will still probably be enough fighting to cause the clowns to get hurt though.

 

[bubbymac]

No they are not getting hurt, just kind of darting after them. I figure in a couple of days they will adjust to each other

 

[Ziggy953]

It is possible that they will eventually leave each other alone. Clowns are damsels and they can be equally aggressive towards other fish. I would remove the damsels and keep the clowns.