Wierd passive agrresive behavior.

[Llyod276]

So I paired and anem bonded some lightning maroon clown fish in my tank. Very fast it seems too. And no problems there.

Really dont know if it's a problem or it's just life now, prolly the latter. So my maroon clowns are 4" and 2" and the tank boss, stripey the sailfin is a lil bigger/ samesizeish as the maroon.

Female protects the anem site and charges the sailfin when he's in the area. The sailfin retreats but then at least 2x now (that I have observed) has swam above the offending clownfish and defecated upon them and the anem.

Hmmm.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

That’s awesome.

 

[fishguy242]

LOL...poop on you... food for nem too,win win,situation...

 

[F i s h y]

LOL...poop on you... food for nem too,win win,situation...

I dont know, it's kind of a crappy situation if you ask me...

 

[jpnegrete14]

The clownfish behavior is extremely normal and many fish go chasing after their tankmates' poop trails so I wouldn't be too concerned. Poop's great for corals and if I had to guess the anemone will probably find some nutritional value in it too

Fish Eating Poop

Does anyone else here have a fish that eats turds ? Twice I have seen the coral beauty eat a piece of turd ! I have never seen this happen before, normally when a fish mistakenly tries to eat a turd it will realiz that it is not food and spit it back out. Not this Coral Beauty, he swallows the...

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[Reefing_addiction]

The clownfish behavior is extremely normal and many fish go chasing after their tankmates' poop trails so I wouldn't be too concerned. Poop's great for corals and if I had to guess the anemone will probably find some nutritional value in it too

Fish Eating Poop

Does anyone else here have a fish that eats turds ? Twice I have seen the coral beauty eat a piece of turd ! I have never seen this happen before, normally when a fish mistakenly tries to eat a turd it will realiz that it is not food and spit it back out. Not this Coral Beauty, he swallows the...

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He was saying his sail fin was being chased by his clown. Then the sailfin would go and poop over the nem and clown as a way to get back at the clown

 

[Llyod276]

He was saying his sail fin was being chased by his clown. Then the sailfin would go and poop over the nem and clown as a way to get back at the clown

Exactomundo, senior. But the question I guess which fish in this scenario do name "Karen"?

 

[Quietman]

Maybe it's not aggression. Maybe it's a peace offering. "Here, food for your home!". I mean what else can a fish give another fish?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Exactomundo, senior. But the question I guess which fish in this scenario do name "Karen"?

The clown. Lol

 

[jpnegrete14]

He was saying his sail fin was being chased by his clown. Then the sailfin would go and poop over the nem and clown as a way to get back at the clown

Good morning! I've always found responses explaining your thought process beneficial so that's what I do myself. I could have just said, "IMO it's not a problem" but I find that lacking. I think a healthy response to answers like that would be, "Why don't you think it's a problem?" so instead I avoid that and explain myself from the beginning, use context and if I'm really motivated I'll even add a link supporting my statement like I did today.

I talked about the clown behavior protecting the nem, fish interactions with poop, and the possible nutritional benefits for the nem getting pooped on by corelating it to the benefits between fish poop and corals. I thought my response showed quite obviously that I believed the tang pooping on said clown and nem was not a problem, but I guess not since you felt the need to clarify the post for me ;Sorry

Sorry for the confusion @Llyod276 Conclusion. Your situation is all good! ;Happy

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Good morning! I've always found responses explaining your thought process beneficial so that's what I do myself. I could have just said, "IMO it's not a problem" but I find that lacking. I think a healthy response to answers like that would be, "Why don't you think it's a problem?" so instead I avoid that and explain myself from the beginning, use context and if I'm really motivated I'll even add a link supporting my statement like I did today.

I talked about the clown behavior protecting the nem, fish interactions with poop, and the possible nutritional benefits for the nem getting pooped on by corelating it to the benefits between fish poop and corals. I thought my response showed quite obviously that I believed the tang pooping on said clown and nem was not a problem, but I guess not since you felt the need to clarify the post for me ;Sorry

Sorry for the confusion @Llyod276 Conclusion. Your situation is all good! ;Happy

Maybe I was confused lol it was early and I had just woke up. Re-reading your post I think I was still not awake lol

 

[jpnegrete14]

Maybe I was confused lol it was early and I had just woke up. Re-reading your post I think I was still not awake lol

No worries! I know how that goes

 

[Llyod276]

Good morning! I've always found responses explaining your thought process beneficial so that's what I do myself. I could have just said, "IMO it's not a problem" but I find that lacking. I think a healthy response to answers like that would be, "Why don't you think it's a problem?" so instead I avoid that and explain myself from the beginning, use context and if I'm really motivated I'll even add a link supporting my statement like I did today.

I talked about the clown behavior protecting the nem, fish interactions with poop, and the possible nutritional benefits for the nem getting pooped on by corelating it to the benefits between fish poop and corals. I thought my response showed quite obviously that I believed the tang pooping on said clown and nem was not a problem, but I guess not since you felt the need to clarify the post for me ;Sorry

Sorry for the confusion @Llyod276 Conclusion. Your situation is all good! ;Happy

Buddy dont worrumy bout it. Nothing to apologize for. This was a humor post. Levity. If this is height of agression I can live with it, and so will they.