Clown fish

[carp890]

Lost one of my clowns, jumped out of my tank (small gap in cover fixed now to late,,). My local store said put in a small clown should be fine I did and got battered by the other clown and died. Is there any other way to introduce another clown fish

 

[CasperOe]

Lost one of my clowns, jumped out of my tank (small gap in cover fixed now to late,,). My local store said put in a small clown should be fine I did and got battered by the other clown and died. Is there any other way to introduce another clown fish

What kind of clown fish do you have?

 

[CasperOe]

Based on your location, I'd take your remaining clown out of the tank and head in to either Kraken or Abyss and trade her in for a mated pair of clowns of your liking!

Decent LFS's would take her off your hands no bother and help you out that way- it's always hard to introduce a new male in to the tank..

 

[littlefoxx]

Based on your location, I'd take your remaining clown out of the tank and head in to either Kraken or Abyss and trade her in for a mated pair of clowns of your liking!

Decent LFS's would take her off your hands no bother and help you out that way- it's always hard to introduce a new male in to the tank..

Get a smaller male and use an acclimation box and watch behavior. Female should be curious not ticked at another clown being there. Currently in the process of trying to pair a small maroon male with my larger female!

 

[CasperOe]

Get a smaller male and use an acclimation box and watch behavior. Female should be curious not ticked at another clown being there. Currently in the process of trying to pair a small maroon male with my larger female!

Might work, might not... I have no good experiences to share; quite a few bad I'll tell you that - in particular with the maroons! If you make it work, good job! I'll be happy to take some tips from you in this regard

I do stand by my 'change-in' advice though; in my humble opinion it's a safer choice for the fish, the reefer and the wallet! Less variables you know..

OT: Do you have any experience introducing a mated pair in to a tank that already has a mated pair?