I have a pair of juvenile ocellaris clowns that have been together for about a month. They seemed to pair up after a little fighting for a week or so. The larger one does occaissionally nip at the smaller one, but they hang near eachother about 90% of the time.
This morning, I noticed the larger clown's fins seemed a little damaged. Specifically, it's dorsal and left pectoral fin are a little jagged. Maybe the smaller clown is fighting back?
The smaller clown has a tiny growth or something on the right side of it's chin. The growth is the same color as the rest of the flesh around it. I haven't been able to get a real good look at it though. His fins look fine except for the minor damage to his pelvic fins caused by the larger clown's nipping.
Both fish are a little shyer than usual this morning but they did eat like usual. Both fish seemed fine yesterday when I fed them. I'm pretty sure I would have noticed the fin damage yesterday...
The only other livestock in the tank that I know of are some corals, a peppermint shrimp and cleanup crew. Certainly nothing large enough to attack a clown besides the peppermint.
Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate are unreadable. Salinity is 1.026 and temp 79. All of these params have remained consistent for months. I did my most recent bi-weekly 18% water change last weekend.
I do have some sargassum growing in the tank. The clowns tend to hang around near it and will swim through it. But I wouldn't say they are "hosting" in it. Could this cause irritation?
At any rate, I'm going to continue observing but figured I'd put this out there to see if anyone has seen something like this before...
thanks.
This morning, I noticed the larger clown's fins seemed a little damaged. Specifically, it's dorsal and left pectoral fin are a little jagged. Maybe the smaller clown is fighting back?
The smaller clown has a tiny growth or something on the right side of it's chin. The growth is the same color as the rest of the flesh around it. I haven't been able to get a real good look at it though. His fins look fine except for the minor damage to his pelvic fins caused by the larger clown's nipping.
Both fish are a little shyer than usual this morning but they did eat like usual. Both fish seemed fine yesterday when I fed them. I'm pretty sure I would have noticed the fin damage yesterday...
The only other livestock in the tank that I know of are some corals, a peppermint shrimp and cleanup crew. Certainly nothing large enough to attack a clown besides the peppermint.
Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate are unreadable. Salinity is 1.026 and temp 79. All of these params have remained consistent for months. I did my most recent bi-weekly 18% water change last weekend.
I do have some sargassum growing in the tank. The clowns tend to hang around near it and will swim through it. But I wouldn't say they are "hosting" in it. Could this cause irritation?
At any rate, I'm going to continue observing but figured I'd put this out there to see if anyone has seen something like this before...
thanks.
