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Andrew52984 · 06-25-2008, 06:48 PM

Hello, I just got a heck of a deal on a 46 gallon bowfront tank and got it all established and running perfectly. My wife and I purchased three false percula clownfish(tank raised) along with a deep red linkia starfish and 3 camel shrimp. Anyway, there is one larger clownfish than the other two. The other two are about the same size, one of the two has a complete stripe around the middle the other doesn't so it's easy to distinguish the two. The one without the complete stripe started out a little smaller and now is bigger than the one with the complete stripe. After a couple of days the largest one and one w/out the complete stripe began pickin on the other and now he just hides under a piece of live rock, and when it does come out it tends to use the starfish an anemone in a sense. It hovers in front of it in the top left corner and stays there while the other two swim by an occassionally bump the fish. Is this a pattern of natural behavior, are they determining who will be male and female?

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Andrew52984 Midas Blenny Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wichita, Ks Posts: 120 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Clownfish behavior Hello, I just got a heck of a deal on a 46 gallon bowfront tank and got it all established and running perfectly. My wife and I purchased three false percula clownfish(tank raised) along with a deep red linkia starfish and 3 camel shrimp. Anyway, there is one larger clownfish than the other two. The other two are about the same size, one of the two has a complete stripe around the middle the other doesn't so it's easy to distinguish the two. The one without the complete stripe started out a little smaller and now is bigger than the one with the complete stripe. After a couple of days the largest one and one w/out the complete stripe began pickin on the other and now he just hides under a piece of live rock, and when it does come out it tends to use the starfish an anemone in a sense. It hovers in front of it in the top left corner and stays there while the other two swim by an occassionally bump the fish. Is this a pattern of natural behavior, are they determining who will be male and female?