Pygmy Angel and clownfish fighting

Marco Vasquez · Dec 19, 2021

So, my Biocube 32 has been up and running for about 8months now, and the clown has been in it for about 6months. I bought a new Pygmy Angel and they immediately started fighting. It looked pretty brutal. When I first bought the clown it was paired but the male died shortly after I got them. I had two blood shrimp and she killed them pretty quickly. Am I going to have to keep her in isolation forever?

Dave1993 · Dec 19, 2021

might sort itself out after a day i added a small goldflake angel yesterday my powder blue and lemonpeel angel were battering it put a mirror up for a day and a half for the tang so it started attacking itself and the lemonpeel angel just stopped after awhile now everyone is happy again

vetteguy53081 · Dec 19, 2021

Darn clown as usual. I would isolate the clown in either an acclimation box or sump for a week and allow the Pygmy to explore and get acquaited with tank.

Marco Vasquez · Dec 19, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Darn clown as usual. I would isolate the clown in either an acclimation box or sump for a week and allow the Pygmy to explore and get acquaited with tank.

I put her in a cage I made out of an old api test kit. They are separated but I don’t want to leave her in there too long.

Marco Vasquez · Dec 22, 2021

Marco Vasquez said:
So, my Biocube 32 has been up and running for about 8months now, and the clown has been in it for about 6months. I bought a new Pygmy Angel and they immediately started fighting. It looked pretty brutal. When I first bought the clown it was paired but the male died shortly after I got them. I had two blood shrimp and she killed them pretty quickly. Am I going to have to keep her in isolation forever?

I’m sure the clown is going to kill him, so I put him in another tank. I’m looking to upgrade to about 120gal or better. I’ll post updates…