maroon gold strip question. plz someone answer

[mr.clownfish]

i have a baby gold strip about 1inch big. and im waiting till it gets about 2in. so i can get it a small 1in male. and i asked my lfs about paring her/him up and he said that they will never mate. they will kill each other. is this true? i know maroons and tomato's are very hard to mate up but i have had luck in the past with tomato's.
does anyone have a mated pair? can u post a pic please. i wanna see how they look paired up.

 

[small triggers]

i bought a very large maroon that i had in my aggressive tank, and i had a tiny little one in my nano. Well, ended up putting everything in the nano into the new 150g and well, they didnt do great at first,,, took about 4 months (and an anemone) but they have now laid 3 sets of eggs. It can happen,, it just takes time and space (ya gotta have decent size tank or they could fight??)

 

[lmecher]

The easiest is the grow out method. Get 2 juvinelles, let them mature together. Why not get another juvinelle now. They will bicker as they mature as they sort out dominance issues.
I was one of the unlucky ones, I had a large maroon that killed it's intended mate. They are much easier to pair while very young, the agression comes with maturity.
You should get a copy of Joyce Wilkerson's book clownfishes, it covers just about everything you need to know about them and with a name like Mr. Clownfish....

 

[nw2salt08]

Definitely take what Lmecher said into consideration. These guys/girls are the most aggressive clowns. The aggression will happen but it's not nearly as bad as pairing a mature pair. I bought my pair already together. My LFS doesn't bring in singes then pair them. These paired in the wild. Here's a pic of my pair.

 

[tax lady]

Originally Posted by Nw2Salt08
http:///forum/post/3025456
Definitely take what Lmecher said into consideration. These guys/girls are the most aggressive clowns. The aggression will happen but it's not nearly as bad as pairing a mature pair. I bought my pair already together. My LFS doesn't bring in singes then pair them. These paired in the wild. Here's a pic of my pair.
They are beautiful indeed!! Have you raised any babies?
By the way, do you mind telling how much the paired maroons went for?

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by Lmecher
http:///forum/post/3024821
The easiest is the grow out method. Get 2 juvinelles, let them mature together. Why not get another juvinelle now. They will bicker as they mature as they sort out dominance issues.
I was one of the unlucky ones, I had a large maroon that killed it's intended mate. They are much easier to pair while very young, the agression comes with maturity.
You should get a copy of Joyce Wilkerson's book clownfishes, it covers just about everything you need to know about them and with a name like Mr. Clownfish....
HEY! what does "with a name like mr.clownfish...." supposed to mean!?!?!

lol i know A LOT about clownfish i just wasnt sure about pairing gold strip maroons! its my first gold
strip.
and my LFS said it can not be done ever, so he confused me

 

[mr.clownfish]

i have mated together more than 20 clowns in my hobby experience. most of which where percula and a couple of tomato's. the i sell them to family and friends for 50-75 bucks. thats how i usually get money to spend for my fish tanks.
i have only had one unsuccessful pair up which ended to their deaths and that was 2 maroon clownfish. they where both the same size

i knew it would not work. but i wanted to try. that was the only time. so i have not kept maroon clownfish in a while now.

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by Nw2Salt08
http:///forum/post/3025456
Definitely take what Lmecher said into consideration. These guys/girls are the most aggressive clowns. The aggression will happen but it's not nearly as bad as pairing a mature pair. I bought my pair already together. My LFS doesn't bring in singes then pair them. These paired in the wild. Here's a pic of my pair.
I LOVE THEM!!!

i hope i can mate mine up.

 

[mr.clownfish]

but the thing with my "baby" golds strip is that i think its a female cause i have an anemone and after a while it started getting very aggressive. im thinking it has turned into a female so i dont want to risk getting a bigger one and having it be a female. i love this maroon too much. i dont want her to die. so i want her to grow a little because there are no smaller ones than her. then if im lucky i will find another baby maroon and see what happened from there.

 

[lmecher]

was just kidding about your name, really didn't mean to offend you.
I hope your successful pairing your maroon, I hope to see photos of the happy couple one day.

 

[mr.clownfish]

i know i was just kidding too.
thanks but i wont have a pic for a while