aquaspirit04
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I was thinking of buying a false percula from swf.com...but right now I have my maroon...I was just wondering if that would work? Compatabilty wise?
Thanks~
Thanks~
Will a false percula and a maroon work?
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aquaspirit04
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Ouch! Thanks for the help! Who would of thought the little guy was so vicious! o.o
perfectdark
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Maroons are one of the more aggressive of the clown species.
reefmate75
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i just recently moved my F.percs out of my 75 gallon to my 150 i had a pair of percs in with 5 maroons they didnt bother each other to much...they where together over 2 years but i felt that the 75 was overcrowded and the 150 doesnt have much in it so i moved them out sence they are alot easier to get in a net haha...clowns are a hard fish to mix...it dosent matter which type you put together the problem is they will always fight when first meeting a new one so they can establish dominance....all i can say is if you really want to add one go ahead and if the new comer fights back at all its a dead fishy. if it dosnt fight back and always runs from the attacker in a few days they will be fine together...make sure if you do add one that you buy a smaller one then your maroon as if it thinks it has a chance to beat the one in your tanks its going to try and if that happens it might win the fight but then you'll also have a dead fish on your hands...good luck to ya and every one else is going to disagree with me on this but im pretty sure they haven't tried themselves to mix different clowns and if they have the fist sight of one bullying the other they take the weaker one out becuase they cant stand to see one die, but thats just the way clowns are they will always fight...i say fight but i mean establish dominance haha..if its going to work the new comer has to keep running from the established clown sence the established clown will not give up its dominance ever weather that means its life or not..they will fight to the death, if as soon as you put the new one in and they lock lips this isn't kissing this is each of them sizing up the other..and if they lock lips there is going to be a fight from both parties and the less dominate will be killed just because it challenged the dominate in his territory.
I hope this reply has has helped you understand alittle more about clown fishes, and what i explained is why people do not mix clowns or recomend it...it breaks your heart to see the little one running for his life and getting bitten but with the little fish running and not fighting hes showing his submission and should be fine in a few days..will be battered but hell recover
I hope this reply has has helped you understand alittle more about clown fishes, and what i explained is why people do not mix clowns or recomend it...it breaks your heart to see the little one running for his life and getting bitten but with the little fish running and not fighting hes showing his submission and should be fine in a few days..will be battered but hell recover
stimpy4242
Member
I completely agree. People keep saying you can't, you can't, you can't. Obviously it stems from not wanting to spend money on more and more things. I think the most successful tank is one where homeostasis occurs and survival of the fittest. I am adding an arrow crab and a false perc to my tank today. I have a bigger marroon. Hey if the marroon kills the perc oh well, if not it will be a cool combination in the tank and people will enjoy it. Similarly, if the arrow crab catches a fish, oh well, guess that fish should have been swimming faster. Now I understand the capabilities of what my size reef can hold, so if the arrow crab grows large, then its not a matter of homeostasis, its a matter of needing a larger environment and I can trade him in for a new mix. Or smaller arrow crab and start again.
1journeyman
Active Member
Originally Posted by AquaSpirit04
http:///forum/post/2449090
I was thinking of buying a false percula from swf.com...but right now I have my maroon...I was just wondering if that would work? Compatabilty wise?
Thanks~
Short answer: No.
Occasionally people can claim success, but it is rare.
Clowns in the wild ferociously guard their territory. They pair up and will drive off other fish (Remember Clowns are Damsels). In the normal aquarium, when clowns choose a territory they attempt to drive off the weaker fish. AS the fish cannot get away, the aggressor continues to attack it until it is dead...
http:///forum/post/2449090
I was thinking of buying a false percula from swf.com...but right now I have my maroon...I was just wondering if that would work? Compatabilty wise?
Thanks~
Short answer: No.
Occasionally people can claim success, but it is rare.
Clowns in the wild ferociously guard their territory. They pair up and will drive off other fish (Remember Clowns are Damsels). In the normal aquarium, when clowns choose a territory they attempt to drive off the weaker fish. AS the fish cannot get away, the aggressor continues to attack it until it is dead...
reefmate75
Member
Originally Posted by stimpy4242
http:///forum/post/2459782
I completely agree. People keep saying you can't, you can't, you can't. Obviously it stems from not wanting to spend money on more and more things. I think the most successful tank is one where homeostasis occurs and survival of the fittest. I am adding an arrow crab and a false perc to my tank today. I have a bigger marroon. Hey if the marroon kills the perc oh well, if not it will be a cool combination in the tank and people will enjoy it. Similarly, if the arrow crab catches a fish, oh well, guess that fish should have been swimming faster. Now I understand the capabilities of what my size reef can hold, so if the arrow crab grows large, then its not a matter of homeostasis, its a matter of needing a larger environment and I can trade him in for a new mix. Or smaller arrow crab and start again.
thats the way to do it...problem with the arrow crab though, when they get big they will also "arrow" any passing fish and not stick to the fire wurm diet, i will say though if the perc fights back " i dont thing he will " being the smaller he will die, the dominate will have nothing to do with a fish that might sometime in the future challange his dominance but when i first added my perc to my tank when i had a maroon in there already the maroon did chase him and after 2 days left him alone and then i added another perc and he did the same to it, the percs paired off " have never breed " and where like outsiders...they was together for 2 years, and i had slowly added maroons over that 2 years and they all left thm alone, but as i said befor they moved to my 150, which is soon comeing down and im going to divided it out to be a breeding tank, maybe now that they arnt with the maroons they will breed, i have a breeding pair of maroons already i hope the percs will breed, and i want to breed royal grammas as well
http:///forum/post/2459782
I completely agree. People keep saying you can't, you can't, you can't. Obviously it stems from not wanting to spend money on more and more things. I think the most successful tank is one where homeostasis occurs and survival of the fittest. I am adding an arrow crab and a false perc to my tank today. I have a bigger marroon. Hey if the marroon kills the perc oh well, if not it will be a cool combination in the tank and people will enjoy it. Similarly, if the arrow crab catches a fish, oh well, guess that fish should have been swimming faster. Now I understand the capabilities of what my size reef can hold, so if the arrow crab grows large, then its not a matter of homeostasis, its a matter of needing a larger environment and I can trade him in for a new mix. Or smaller arrow crab and start again.
thats the way to do it...problem with the arrow crab though, when they get big they will also "arrow" any passing fish and not stick to the fire wurm diet, i will say though if the perc fights back " i dont thing he will " being the smaller he will die, the dominate will have nothing to do with a fish that might sometime in the future challange his dominance but when i first added my perc to my tank when i had a maroon in there already the maroon did chase him and after 2 days left him alone and then i added another perc and he did the same to it, the percs paired off " have never breed " and where like outsiders...they was together for 2 years, and i had slowly added maroons over that 2 years and they all left thm alone, but as i said befor they moved to my 150, which is soon comeing down and im going to divided it out to be a breeding tank, maybe now that they arnt with the maroons they will breed, i have a breeding pair of maroons already i hope the percs will breed, and i want to breed royal grammas as well
stimpy4242
Member
Like I said when the arrow crab grows large, he will require a larger environment. I will trade him in at that time. So far marroon and perc are just fine.
stimpy4242
Member
Just a quick update on my new animals behaviors. So the maroon clown has now taken over the new BTA. I don't blame him, his BTA is pathetic. Its bleached, its stringy and I have done everything in my powers to improve its condition...The new Perc had a few encounters with the maroon, i think he even tried to comitt suicide by jumping over the wall into the overflow which cause hours of work trying to get him out...i ended up unscrewing the durso standpipe causing a toilet effect flushing him into the sump and then spent a few hours trying to coax him out of the baffles....now the maroon doesn't bother him and he is happily swimming around the tank...i wish he would host the old BTA, but I don't see that happening with a false perc. Maybe in time. The arrow crab has snacked on few hermits, I even watched him pull one out of his shell and that was cool! I have been since maintaining his diet.
andrewskb
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I have a maroon and yellow and a true percula in a 65 gallon and have no problems. The maroon is about twice the size of the percula, maroon mainly stays within inches of anemone unless eating. At one point I had two perculas and the maroon, even then I didn't have a problem.