Slickcg33
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Well besides from the silly name of this thread, my clowns are doing something very peculiar.
The female clarkie ive had for over a year and she has a new male thats been in the tank perhaps for 2 months. At first she beat him up and i thought he was going to die, but that phase passed and they are buddies. She still picks at him every once and a while but they do sleep together.
So thats their background, Lets get to the weird behaviour.
In the past couple of days my clowns have been viciously attacking the rock work above their anemone cove. its always been there and they havent done it in the past. But they both position themselves with mouth against the rock, and then attack it for a couple seconds and stop. This behavior goes off and on throughout the day and night but happens frequently enough were i see it occurring. It appears the the male starts and the female follows, sometimes after attacking it they will do their little submission flicker/shake towards each other.
The female has alway cleared out a deep hole in the sand Under the anems. Im not quite sure why she is messing with the rock work above now. is this part of their ritual or are they just stupid thinking this rock work is a new intruder in their home?
The female clarkie ive had for over a year and she has a new male thats been in the tank perhaps for 2 months. At first she beat him up and i thought he was going to die, but that phase passed and they are buddies. She still picks at him every once and a while but they do sleep together.
So thats their background, Lets get to the weird behaviour.
In the past couple of days my clowns have been viciously attacking the rock work above their anemone cove. its always been there and they havent done it in the past. But they both position themselves with mouth against the rock, and then attack it for a couple seconds and stop. This behavior goes off and on throughout the day and night but happens frequently enough were i see it occurring. It appears the the male starts and the female follows, sometimes after attacking it they will do their little submission flicker/shake towards each other.
The female has alway cleared out a deep hole in the sand Under the anems. Im not quite sure why she is messing with the rock work above now. is this part of their ritual or are they just stupid thinking this rock work is a new intruder in their home?
