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I'm noticing a pattern where the smaller of my two clown fish usually eats considerably less than the larger one. They're both babies (1" or less), but the larger one can eat 8 TDO small pellets quickly, whereas the smaller one will eat 1 - 4 before losing interest.
The very first feeding after they came from the store, their behavior was the opposite, but since then, like I said.
Is this pretty normal?
It often looks like the smaller wants to eat, but when he gets to the food ring, the bigger one buts in and starts gobbling and typically the smaller one falls back and watches.
They show zero aggression towards each other and seem to get along, well, swimmingly. Indeed last night was the first night they didn't sleep together in a little corner by the overflow, and instead, slept opposite sides of the overflow.
I have no idea if the larger one is or has differentiated. They are small little guys brought from the LFS last week.
The smaller one is also hyperactive, playing and swimming like a mad man much of the time, while the larger one is much more placid (but sometimes is quite active as well). You would think their appetites should be the reverse - that the smaller one would be consuming more.
The very first feeding after they came from the store, their behavior was the opposite, but since then, like I said.
Is this pretty normal?
It often looks like the smaller wants to eat, but when he gets to the food ring, the bigger one buts in and starts gobbling and typically the smaller one falls back and watches.
They show zero aggression towards each other and seem to get along, well, swimmingly. Indeed last night was the first night they didn't sleep together in a little corner by the overflow, and instead, slept opposite sides of the overflow.
I have no idea if the larger one is or has differentiated. They are small little guys brought from the LFS last week.
The smaller one is also hyperactive, playing and swimming like a mad man much of the time, while the larger one is much more placid (but sometimes is quite active as well). You would think their appetites should be the reverse - that the smaller one would be consuming more.
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