Clown question

I have two Black and White False Percs. Ok so i am guessing that they have already established the dominance since it is pretty noticeable because one just seems to take it. The male** seems to keep going up to the lower back fin of the female and looks as though if you pick at it. This has been going on since and is the only spot that the male seems to pick at and the female seems to just swim away at times. This is one of the first pairs of fishes i have owned and i was wondering if this was normal?

 

Keep an eye on them. The larger of the 2 clownfish will be the female, and she will be the more dominant one. If they are less than 1-1/2 inches, they may not have even developed yet. Most will start as males, and the larger/dominant one will develop into the female. The only big problem you'd have is if both were already females, because I don't think they change back. In that case, they might be fighting for territory.

 

Correct. Once a female, always a female. Clownfish start as juveniles, then progress "up the chain" to male. If no females are present, the most dominant male will become a female, then one juvenile will change into a male to replace the male (unless there is already another male in the harem). So at any one time, you can have a female, a male, and the rest are juveniles. That's how it should work. Now, if you get them when they are larger, then you can end up with two females, as each one could have come from a separate tank (or two different clown harems). That's when problems occur. This is also why you can keep more than 2 clowns in a tank (provided they are all juveniles when you get them). In this case, all but two of them will remain as juveniles forever, unless the male or female dies. Then everyone will shift up a spot, filling in for the missing male/female.

 

i understand what you are saying but they were the two i had my eye on at my lfs for a few days and they seemed fine together every time i saw them and have been up to this point its just that the one fish is doing it a lot more. They are only about an 1 and 1/2 ". not to big. Now one wont let the other sleep in the same crevice as it.