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Post by industry on Mar 20, 2013 15:26:55 GMT -5
How common is it for an ocelaris added later to pair with the one that already call the tank home? Is it significantly easier to just buy a pair? (from LA's Divers den for example)
How about different color morphs? thanks.
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Post by simplymaineseaglas on Mar 20, 2013 15:48:46 GMT -5
We had good luck in the process! We bought our Ocellaris in January of 2011 and then our Premnas biaculeatus in October of 2011 and they were fine. About 2 months after we added the second clown.... they started doing the "happy dance" (mating dance). We've never had an issue, they even pair up to give other fish a hard time.
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Post by stephen on Mar 20, 2013 16:24:23 GMT -5
You should not have to much of a problem. It can depend on the species. If it were me I would add a clown fish smaller than the 1 that is in the tank.
In the wild different species of clown will pair up and mate too, but again it can depend on the species.
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Post by Marlin & Coral on Mar 21, 2013 13:28:26 GMT -5
We had one O. clownfish die when we upgraded our tank last year. We purchased a small O. clownfish as a replacement and they have paired very well from the very first day with absolutely no aggression issues or chasing. I would just make sure that the replacement is considerably smaller than the one you have now. I don't know what size tank you have, but I have also found that it can be much harder to get them to pair in aquariums less than 30 gallons.
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Post by gotareef on Mar 24, 2013 8:31:34 GMT -5
color morphs dont matter the species does most like to stay with their own kind but some do mix occy and perc can mix I have bread them together to get a pair just put a little one with a big one or throw a bunch together and let them pair on their own. the way it works is they are all born "sexless males" the dominant fish will morph into a female I have a great book by Joyce D. Wilkerson if anyone needs to borrow it (but if you break it you buy it) www.amazon.com/Clownfishes-Captive-Breeding-Natural-History/dp/1890087041 |
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