Had to put clownfish in time out.

[gar732]

I have a snow/onyx female paired with an onyx male and they've been together for a few months now. Just recently the female has really had it out for the male, so much so that I had to separate them today. Right now the female is in time out in an acclimation box in my display. I've heard of people separating a fighting pair and reintroducing them after a while and them getting along. I want to give this a shot since they got along so well all this time. How long should I keep them separated before I reintroduce them? I'm really hoping they make up and get along otherwise I'm going to have to setup another tank which the wife is not going to be happy about.

 

[gar732]

And bump.

 

[Atg]

i have done this in my Freshwater cichlid tank when i had a bully i put him in there for two days and then let him out but a week later he was at it again so i put him in there for a week and it worked

 

[gar732]

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it week then, I think I'll move their pot to a different spot in the tank too just to try to change thing up a little. Hopefully it works.

 

[brazilian_guy]

was the clown cheating on her?

 

[akabryanhall]

It's possible the male had already begun the transformation into female before they were put together..

 

[MarvinsReef]

How old are they and is there any size difference? Where they a pair from the get go or you paired them up 5 months ago?