leelum9

any reason why a paired set after 9 months could start to damage each other very badly....could they both be males and are trying to figure out whos the dominant and will be female? they have been in my tank for 9 months or so ....no real fighting. one was more dominant and would mess with the smaller one but now they are both close in size...the gold is almost all showing on their stripes.

agsansoo

How big are they ? Sounds like they are both fighting for dominance.

leelum9

nose to base of tail is 2- 2.5 inches. i thought about the dominance....but hadnt heard of a set previously fine go back to dominance fighting..and if it is dominance can the female become the male or am i going to lose one because they both go female

Jesses89

how long have they been fighting?

leelum9

the main fight was last night nothing was noticeably aggressive before. when i woke up i found them tattered.have been aggressive towards each other all day

Jesses89

Yeah... i dont know what to tell you... if the fighting doesnt stop in a few days ... then its possible you have two females? i dont really know.. are they both the same size? is one bigger?
i dont have maroons so not to knowledgeable on them...
ags should know

agsansoo

Clowns should be paired with the female being almost twice the size of the male. So long as their size is about the same, one will think it can take on the other. LFS's will sell a pair of 1"-2" juveniles as a pair, when really they are non-sex. As they get a little bigger, they will start to fight and usually kill all other clowns in a less than 100 gallon tank. The survivor will became female.

leelum9

orginally there was that much of a difference...the bigger one had started to turn its strips gold almost 3 months before there was much of a sign of it on the little one... could the bigger one have already stated itself as a female ... i guess the next best question is there any way to tell if they have sexed themselves yet

agsansoo

Can you take any photos of both of them ? Yes IMO the larger is female. Males can turn female ... Females can not turn back into males.

leelum9

this is a few pics of the clowns together its been kinda hard to get them together the last picture could be 2-3 months old... but the others are recent

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agsansoo

Nice looking maroons ! They look very close in size. Time will tell which one becomes the boss.

needabiggertank

Those Maroons are nice. Which one gets chased? HeHE. Good pics!

leelum9

today has been a change no more quarrels, they just stay at different sides of the tank... but they are both healing so... i guess only time will tell now