Clownfish "Vibrating / twitching"

[emily120289]

I have 2 tomato clowns, 1 large and 1 small, as some of you may know the larger one has been beating up the smaller one. The smaller 1's fins were beat up pretty bad so i added stress guard, and the fins already look better after 3 days. Well today i saw something different between the 2 clowns.. the best I can describe it is the smaller one after being bullied, started like vibrating / twitching? lol if that makes any sense .. it lasted for about 15-20 seconds. Ive never seen this before.

 

[wontonflip]

Yep..that's a sign of submission. HE gave in and is now the male :D

 

[emily120289]

awesome!! its about time! Save him the suffering of being bullied by the Female lol.

 

[FishyReef]

Oh, he'll still be bullied, but now he just knows his place! And you will see this behavior frequently from now on, and sometimes from both of them. Normal clown submission / bonding / mating behavior :) [I had a similar post when I first saw my male clown twitching - totally freaked out that he was dying LOL]

 

[emily120289]

+1 Fishyreef! I thought the same thing! I thought i was going to be down 1 clown lol.. im so relieved that his little dance is a good thing. lol

 

[recliner]

Lol, I had thought mine was having a siezure. Glad to know he's just in love!

 

[Treezer8]

I saw my bigger clown do this "twich/seizure" thing to my smaller clown, after the smaller one messed with the bigger one.

bigger one is a regular occelaris that I was told was a female, smaller one is a saddleback occelaris