Are they mated? Pair of GSM

floridacatfish

floridacatfish

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My LFS has had a pair of gold striped maroons (not wild) in QT for the last 4 wks. They look awesome, eating well, a very pretty dark color. You can see the gold in the first stripe.
They've been together for 4 weeks .... but they look to be the same size. No fighting for dominance seen. Would they do well together in my tank? (Tank is 150g - tank mates to include longnose hawk, valentini puffer, midas blenny, pgymy angel - not all in now)
Are they "mated" now or still juveniles & might eventually fight?
 
lmecher

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Originally Posted by Floridacatfish
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My LFS has had a pair of gold striped maroons (not wild) in QT for the last 4 wks. They look awesome, eating well, a very pretty dark color. You can see the gold in the first stripe.
They've been together for 4 weeks .... but they look to be the same size. No fighting for dominance seen. Would they do well together in my tank? (Tank is 150g - tank mates to include longnose hawk, valentini puffer, midas blenny, pgymy angel - not all in now)
Are they "mated" now or still juveniles & might eventually fight?
Lets start at the begining. Do you know if they are tank raised or wild caught? Tank raised are hardier and better suited to life in an aqurium then wild caught which can sometimes carry parasites. I would prefer tank raised over wild caught but many have great success with the wc. Gold stripe maroons develope the gold coloration as they mature so if these have some gold in their first stripe we can assume they are not very young.
Usually in maroon pairs the female is much larger than the male. This is a bit odd and understand your concern. Lets say they are not a pair, in that case they would be fighting, maroons are extremely aggresive towards others. You say they are not fighting, did the LFS owner get them in as a pair or did he pair them, this is unclear to me. Have you seen any interaction between them? You mention no dominance behavior but is there any affection or submissive behavior? The only conclusion I can come to is that they are a pair, I am trying to find a reason to say they are not but with notoriously agressive fish like maroons they should be tearing into each other if they were not. Hope this helped
 
floridacatfish

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Thanks ... maybe they are really mated. Here's more info from what you suggested ...
I was told they were tank raised not wild caught. Both are 2-2.5" ... have been in the same QT for 4 weeks. I don't know if they were sold to the owner as a pair or not.
I didn't observe them fighting, they seemed to rub up on one another but not aggresively. The didn't seem to mind that they were in the same small tank. I've been there a couple of times to observe. No nips or tears noted - the fins on both are perfect, no discoloration. It seems like if there were any aggression that I didn't observe that there would be some nips or tears.
I just found it odd that the female in the pair wouldn't be bigger. My only thought was that perhaps they were still juvi's and thus not going to be aggressive to each other at this time. But there is gold in the first bar and hint of it in the second.
 
lmecher

lmecher

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Coppied from ORA

Gold-Stripe Maroon Clownfish - Premnas biaculeatus
All of the Maroon Clownfish bred at ORA are of the Gold-stripe variety. Normally, Maroon Clownfish vary in color from bright red to dark maroon with three narrow white stripes. The fish found in the area of Sumatra have gold color stripes, and the ORA broodstock are from this area. The gold color of the stripes sometimes will not develop until the fish are about 9-12 months old. ORA fish are shipped at about 6-7 months, so they are showing the juvenile white stripes. They all will develop the gold color in time, starting at the head stripe.
These very popular fish are easy to keep in aquariums, although they do not get along with each other. Unless a hobbyist can get a mated pair, it is best to keep them one to a tank. It has been observed that the gold-stripe variety seem a little less aggressive that the white banded type. One of the largest clownfish species, adult females can attain a size of over 6 inches. In nature they are found in association with the Bubble-tip anemone ( E. quadricolor).
With the aggressive female guarding her nest, and her much smaller male mate fanning the eggs, Maroon Clowns have some of the largest spawns ever recorded for clownfish. A typical spawn may contain 1,500 eggs, and spawns of over 6,000 have been observed. This species also seems the most likely to show mis-bars, and has a higher percentage of incomplete striping than other species.
 
lmecher

lmecher

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If you do decide to purchase the pair of BONDED maroons, post a photo. Never get tired of looking at maroons.
 
floridacatfish

floridacatfish

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I adopted the little guys Saturday - they've already eaten and adopted a corner of the tank. I woke up early this morning and caught them sleeping beside one another. Once my camera batteries charge I'll post a pic.
 
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