male clown with ripped left fin

only the left fin is a little torn up a bit. he does the twitching next to the female but the female nips him. Is she eventually gonna kill him? or is it normal

 

Did you buy them as a pair??? If not it could get ugly, or may work itself out...No telling.

 

Its nemo! big buck for that fish! haha but i do hope it gets better

 

haha i didnt even think of nemo, but no I bought them seperate but purposly bought one bigger then the other hoping that they will pair up

 

You could sell it to disney! I think maybe they mite be 2 females and are fighting too because if the one you think is male could have switched to female by being alone

 

well i looked up that male do that twitching when they pair up and he is about 3/4" smaller than mrs.nemo

 

The twitching is the male submitting to the other that will eventually become the dominant female. Her nipping further establishes the dominance. It should subside once she realizes he's yielding. Generally, clowns will fight to the death when there are 2 dominant females in the same close quarters, when neither will submit, or when they are guarding a clutch of eggs. It looks like none of these are the case here though. How is he doing now?