Best way to pair clown fish?

[Jecksun]

Hey guys,

so I have a pair of Wyoming white clownfish that I’ve had for a few months now. One is bigger and I got them at the same time. They were always fine but never really paired because they don’t really swim together and recently the bigger one is just smashing the smaller one to bits. The smaller one is always in the top corner and even jumped into the overflow once. There are no torn fins or anything but it just sucks to watch lol. This is my second pair and still don’t have any luck So my question is does anyone have any experience with pairing clownfish and is there something else I should be doing rather than just letting them fight and sort it out?

thanks in advance!

 

[Birdbrains?]

Hey!
Feeding them many small portions often can make them more "tired". You can distract them by turning over a rock or feed them live foods for fun.

It sounds fine now imo, I have a clown pair without any other fishes in the tank. It actually took 6months for them to lure eachother through the behaviour you describe here I hear many people say it only takes two months in community tanks but I guess that is slightly forced by competing species around them and you should probably give it time if you judge that to be the case.

 

[Birdbrains?]

Actually, before I forget again, you can also make some circular routes for the smaller fish to swim around. If the flow is fast, the smaller fish can out swim the big one (the big fish has more surface resistance than the small one), so circular rock points helps aggression to end in harmless and exhausted fishes

The smaller fish I keep, was terrified of the big one in the beginning. Like good clowns, they have slept in the same anemone from day one but play around all day. To tone down aggression when the smaller fish got tired, I tried to build a spiral type shape with rockwork; in the opposite end of where the dominant clown kept it's territory (her anemone) and the smaller fish really used that rockwork well and impressed "her" with "his" excellent swimming and she has loved him ever since

 

[Jecksun]

Actually, before I forget again, you can also make some circular routes for the smaller fish to swim around. If the flow is fast, the smaller fish can out swim the big one (the big fish has more surface resistance than the small one), so circular rock points helps aggression to end in harmless and exhausted fishes

The smaller fish I keep, was terrified of the big one in the beginning. Like good clowns, they have slept in the same anemone from day one but play around all day. To tone down aggression when the smaller fish got tired, I tried to build a spiral type shape with rockwork; in the opposite end of where the dominant clown kept it's territory (her anemone) and the smaller fish really used that rockwork well and impressed "her" with "his" excellent swimming and she has loved him ever since

Thanks for the detailed info! Will definitely try!

 

[Webslinger]

let um be ,unless one gets ripped fins , then separate them for a bit