pairing marroon clowns?

[akinda]

can you pair marroon clown. i have 2 gold stripe and i know the bigger one has to grow a good bit for him to change --- but while all this happens the bigger one has been picking on the smaller for a week how long will it take him to get bigger anyone know?

 

[marineman]

I recently paired up maroon striped clownfish successfully. I let one grow to about 3 inches which took about 4-5 months ( became a female) and then put a one inch male in a breeder net for one week before releasing him into the main tank. They have set up home nicely in a BT anemone.:jumping:

 

[akinda]

heres some pics of them the darker is the bigger one

 

[tsl]

The darker one looks like he has some fin damage. I would keep a close eye on them and if one gets too torn up you are going to need to remove him.

 

[akinda]

that one was like that since i have had him for a week but the smaller ones theone getting nips out of his side fin but not alot just a little

 

[beginnermatt]

I have a false percula clown with a maroon and their best friends. Thought they wouldn't get along.

 

[marineman]

thats cool beginnermatt! Did you get them small and add them to the tank at the same time? What size tank?

 

[akinda]

yes they still are the same siz about bigger is maybe 1/4in bigger and they are only about 1 inch havnt got yellow in them. i got them at the same time and they are in a 55 gallon tank by them selves right now im hoping to get them to pair off so i can i a pair of peaceful clwons.

 

[beginnermatt]

marineman,
There both about the same size. The marron is a fraction larger. I added the maroon a few weeks after the percula. The maroon was an unexpected purchase and I like it a lot. I have a 33 long tank with only 3 fish and a cbs.

 

[marineman]

are you thinking about a host anemone yet, my maroon pair 1st adopted a condy but now live in a green bubble tip anemone, which may have helped in the boding process. need strong lighting for anemone to thrive.

 

[beginnermatt]

marineman,
I'm just going to stick with the fowlr tank. It just gets to expensive. And I can be lazy at times.

 

[akinda]

what kinda lighting do you use aquasun athnic or white

 

[gregvabch]

i successfully paired my 2 gold striped maroons. my female is much bigger than my male, it took a while but now they're inseperable. i think the closer they are to the same size the harder it's going to be since they'll both want to be the dominant one; the female

 

[akinda]

these 2 are about the same size but the smaller one wont bite unless bitten wont try to make the bigger one mad only trys to be near him

 

[gregvabch]

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[marineman]

Akinda, I use coralife power compact aqualights with combo of blue atinic and white 10k bulbs. Have 800watts over 175g and 200watts over 55g. Both tanks host a # of sea anemones.

 

[beginnermatt]

Marineman,
It looks like you have success with 200 watts over a 55 gal. I was planning about 200 over a 33 long its 1 foot high. Would that work with anemones? On a consistant basis what do you add to your water? Could use some detailed help.

 

[akinda]

what siz lights and what kinda ficture? dual or single

 

[marineman]

How long is the 33 long tank? You want to cover the tank end to end so there are no significant low light areas. 200 watts PC with a 10k bulb and blue actinic should work for you. I add trace elements, iodine and calcium regularly. I also feed my anemones a small peice of raw shrimp 1 to 2 a week. I keep the hardy type anemones ( condys, bubbletip, flowwer). My coralife aqualights are dual bulb in a reflector to max light down into the tank.

 

[beginnermatt]

marineman,
I'm alittle off on the calcium/kalk. Do you add teaspoons of the powered or do you drip? I have no clue how that works.