Wes888
Reef enthusiast
I have 4 False Percula Clownfish and they are all about 2.2-2.5". The day we got them, they immediately swam all around the tank all together. Then the biggest one became the bully. And then another one join her gang. Let's give them some names:
A: Bully A
B: Bully B
C: Victim C
D: Victim D
Scenario 0: When we first got them, at night, A likes to clean up an area in a rock that shape like a chair with a flat surface and a straight clean wall right next to it. Another Clown (couldn't identify who is who at the beginning) kinda takes turn clean up that area.
Because of the bully, we've tried a few things and try to understand what's going on with them:
Scenario 1: When all 4 clowns together, Bully B seems to go around with Bully A. Not closely, not all the time, but you can see them go together like a gang. C hide in the upper left corner, D hide in the upper right corner. A & B from time to time go to harasser C& D at their corner seperately. When C comes out to the open, either A or B attack them. Sometimes even A and B both chase C together. (My guess is that it is just a general aggression against others, but are both A & B like a couple?)
Scenario 2: Put A & B into the 30 gal quarantine tank. Both A & B kinda swim around together in QT. C and D both came back to the open but they both do their own thing. They don't seem to be together. (My wife said since C & D don't fight and don't go together, one of them must be gay. lol.)
Scenario 3: Put A & B back to the main tank. Both immediately swim around the tank. Once they meet, C & D immediate tilt side way and kinda vibrate the whole body. I think A & D also do the similar motion. And then C & D runs away. Another day pass, C & D are hiding at their corner again. From time to time A/B swim to where C/D at, and C/D would do the same tilt side way vibrate thing while A/B do some kind of very short stroking motion. (what are those actions mean?)
Scenario 4: Put A & D in the QT. Bully A occasionally bothers D and D do the tilting thing and swim away. B & C in main tank both get along well and do their own thing. No bullying, but C still like to hide in the corner from time to time. (I guess without A's backing, B doesn't quite dare to cause trouble?)
Scenario 5: Put D back in the main tank and keep Bully A in QT. All B, C, & D and hang around together just fine. No fighting. Neither C nor D hide any more.
Could you help analyse what happened to them in each Scenario?
A: Bully A
B: Bully B
C: Victim C
D: Victim D
Scenario 0: When we first got them, at night, A likes to clean up an area in a rock that shape like a chair with a flat surface and a straight clean wall right next to it. Another Clown (couldn't identify who is who at the beginning) kinda takes turn clean up that area.
Because of the bully, we've tried a few things and try to understand what's going on with them:
Scenario 1: When all 4 clowns together, Bully B seems to go around with Bully A. Not closely, not all the time, but you can see them go together like a gang. C hide in the upper left corner, D hide in the upper right corner. A & B from time to time go to harasser C& D at their corner seperately. When C comes out to the open, either A or B attack them. Sometimes even A and B both chase C together. (My guess is that it is just a general aggression against others, but are both A & B like a couple?)
Scenario 2: Put A & B into the 30 gal quarantine tank. Both A & B kinda swim around together in QT. C and D both came back to the open but they both do their own thing. They don't seem to be together. (My wife said since C & D don't fight and don't go together, one of them must be gay. lol.)
Scenario 3: Put A & B back to the main tank. Both immediately swim around the tank. Once they meet, C & D immediate tilt side way and kinda vibrate the whole body. I think A & D also do the similar motion. And then C & D runs away. Another day pass, C & D are hiding at their corner again. From time to time A/B swim to where C/D at, and C/D would do the same tilt side way vibrate thing while A/B do some kind of very short stroking motion. (what are those actions mean?)
Scenario 4: Put A & D in the QT. Bully A occasionally bothers D and D do the tilting thing and swim away. B & C in main tank both get along well and do their own thing. No bullying, but C still like to hide in the corner from time to time. (I guess without A's backing, B doesn't quite dare to cause trouble?)
Scenario 5: Put D back in the main tank and keep Bully A in QT. All B, C, & D and hang around together just fine. No fighting. Neither C nor D hide any more.
Could you help analyse what happened to them in each Scenario?
