Questions about mixing clowns

[bettachris4]

I have two clownfish in my nano tank, they been together for about 6 months but they dont hang out, they dont fight but they will flare at eachother(sry flare...betta breeder) and shake and then they go back to their locations. Is it because one is a black & white ocellaris and the other is a orange ocellaris? They are both the same size about 2 1/2 inches.
Now i have a black and white misbar that is probably a male, he has been here about 8 months and is alittle over an inch. The petstore contacted me as they have a nice 2 1/2 inch what looks like a TB percula or a very light misbar ocellaris, what are the chances that if i added what im assuming will be the female to the tank, that they will get along? The tank is bare with LS and 1 piece of LR.
It is a breeding tank as i have a pair of WC True perculas in the tank divided. About the true percula, They have been together about 4-5 months one is 2 1/2 inches and the other is 1 1/2 inch. They swim together and are paired, but when can i except them to breed?
Thanks for any info.

 

[fragglerock]

They're really wierd.
I have 7 clowns.
2 Maroons and 5 perculas of different breeding, 4 from one litter (mostly white) and 1 from a regular true Perc breeding.
The true Perc paired up with the one from the whiter litter who did not carry the strong white coloration, and which carried more black. They resemble each other the most...and so have become paired.
The other 3 are paired up, with an extra hanging around, but only would pair together, and chose the perc which looked most like themselves.
I believe this is a characteristic given by nature and born into the fish so that it can keep its genepool strong. If you choose the same color, you keep that genepool strong and it also works for mate-recognition. There could be a gene inside the fish which turns on to recognize only other fish as mates, who resemble that fish, for the above reasons.

 

[happitylogan]

Im getting a black occelaris on Sunday to put with my picasso occelaris. I'll keep you guys posted on the outcome. I hope everything works out though...

 

[lmecher]

Originally Posted by happityLogan
http:///forum/post/2888893
Im getting a black occelaris on Sunday to put with my picasso occelaris. I'll keep you guys posted on the outcome. I hope everything works out though...

Picasso is a variation of A. Percula.
coppied form Ora:
The Picasso Percula is a selectively bred True Percula Clownfish with erratic misbarring, similar to a jigsaw puzzle piece, covering over 75% of its body. A very small percentage of offspring of Picasso pairs retain these characteristics. Each fish is unique with its own distinctive misbarring. Because of the limited occurrence of the misbarring, availability of the Picasso Percula is limited.

 

[05xrunner]

the shaking they are doing to each other is they are establishing what is the dominate one and then they will pair up..thats normal behavior

 

[lmecher]

Originally Posted by 05xrunner
http:///forum/post/2890217
the shaking they are doing to each other is they are establishing what is the dominate one and then they will pair up..thats normal behavior
Quivering is a sign of submission, normally the male turns on it's side and quivers to let the female he is giving in and knows she's the boss. Just like my relationship w/my husband.

 

[happitylogan]

Myns an ocellaris clown. not a true perc, and its picasso. I added my black occ tonight, I'll let everyone know how it goes. Let me find a pic of my picasso, you can see how it only has thin black lines and is staying mostly orange, it doesn't look anything like a true perc. Myn isn't from ORA, I dont know were the lfs got it...One sec, Ill find a pic

 

[happitylogan]

picasso side

misbar side