female ocellaris not accepting male??????
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Craig Manoukian
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What is the difference in their sizes and how long have they been paired up?
jubbers
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they have been together for 24 days. one is larger. i do not know if i have a pair that's why i am asking if i should get another smaller one.the larger one darts at the smaller one. and the smaller one either nips at the larger ones tail fin or darts off. please get back. do i have 2 females. i think they are juvenile still they are about a year old. but i want them to be a pair. if they aren't i want to get another smaller one to be sure i acheive a pair.please reply.
Oh wheres Elmo? I "think" at 1 year they are what they are, could be either or both the same, there is quite an involved courtship with clowns, and even if they accept each other or tolerate they may never become a "pair", maybe Woodstock can get Elmo to give us a little chat?
caitrina
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prow
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give it a week if the aggression has not slowed some then maybe start thinking of trading the small one in for a smaller one
. i have a pair and they still nip at eachother sometimes. so dont expect it to go away totally but your smaller one should submit in time, that is if it is still a juvenile or a male. i am thinking its a juvenile and fighting to become dominate sex, the female, normal stuff. after it finds out its not the dominate one it will turn into a male..
. i have a pair and they still nip at eachother sometimes. so dont expect it to go away totally but your smaller one should submit in time, that is if it is still a juvenile or a male. i am thinking its a juvenile and fighting to become dominate sex, the female, normal stuff. after it finds out its not the dominate one it will turn into a male..
Triggerjay
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I have a pair, they are about 4 years old, and go everywhere in the tank together. One is small (male) and the other one is large,.... they have never spawned to my knowledge..
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Snelly40
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i have had a cinnamon clown for about a year and a half, obv female by now. But i wanted to pair her up, so i went to the LFS and added a small cinnamon clown, little aggression at first, then more, then more, then i moved them to my new tank, and they just didnt click. Well i added another juvenile, actually still had part of his 2nd white stripe, and they swam right up to each other, strarted bobbing up and down and shivering, and there was still an occasional nip, but now the female even lets the male sleep in the anemone, but its been about a month...dont give up yet, but if the one clown really gets beat up u might want to take it out and try again
Craig Manoukian
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3 in a 90 gallon will work, but smaller tanks add to territorial aggression with too many fish
My Maroon Golds bonded within a week, but the female was three times as large as the male.
My Maroon Golds bonded within a week, but the female was three times as large as the male.
Craig Manoukian
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How are things progressing?
jubbers
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well, i am glad i was patient and sorry fellow members for being impatient. now the two of them are getting along and now they hang out by each other and they sleep together. they both guard my barnacle. and the smaller one (nemo) shakes at the larger one (dory). it is interesting to watch them.
Craig Manoukian
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Submission shimmie by the male is a sign of pairing.