Mocha clown fish

[rocky5656]

Hi my name is Rick got two clown fish together about 8 months ago now the bigger female. is battering the smaller male where I think she might kill him is this normal I ve had to put him in a water box for thin to recover a while anyone know what to do help please

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board! i would separate them as this could lead to the male dying from stress/injury

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

Mine tend to fight a bit but it's not bad enough to result in injuries. Just for the female to make sure she is still the boss. If they are really beating each other up they may not pair.

 

[fishguy242]

hi, welcome to the reef
you want to put the larger one in box for time being ,let things calm ,try again .

 

[Kennya]

Welcome to R2R Rick.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Mushroomsyo]

Just curious if both fish were mocha's. I had a mocha and a snowflake and the mocha was very aggressive towards the snowflake. They were similar in size but the snowflake wouldn't sumbit to the mocha. I eventually I found the snowflake dead. I waited a month and added another smaller mocha and the two eventually paired.

Also, moving around the rocks a bit can tone down the aggression.

Good luck

 

[Sean Clark]

Welcome to R2R. I agree, try to separate them for a bit and then reintroduce them. Maybe change up the rockwork when put them back together.

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome! They were both introduced 8 months ago? Mine did this as well, scared me but eventually they started behaving

 

[blaxsun]

 

[Sharkbait19]

Welcome to the forum!
Unless the male is already injured to the point of dying, I’d pull the female and let the male settle back in and get its strength back.

 

[Antics]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Big Smelly fish]

 

[rmorris_14]

Welcome! You already have several people posting advice… Good luck with your clowns

 

[Miami Reef]

Welcome!!

 

[KevPool]

Welcome to R2R

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !!!

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Welcome to the r2r team. Agree with a lot of the posts above me a timeout is needed i bet @Sharkbait19 could tell you all about it hahahaha. I hope for success i have always tried similar markings for pairings also can you include pictures?

 

[bnord]

Welcome Rick, and thanks for joining us. All good, above and also do you have a or can you make a small isolation box? Good for them to be able to see each other but not Affect each other

 

[G Santana]

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