lightning maroon clowns

[Jpiotro]

Good evening everyone. I’ve been playing with the idea of having a pair of lightning maroon clowns in a tank all by themselves and i wanted to get your guys opinion on if they will pair or not. At my LFS they have 2 in different tanks all by themselves and they are the same size. what are your guys thoughts on getting them to pair? would it be possible?

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Good evening everyone. I’ve been playing with the idea of having a pair of lightning maroon clowns in a tank all by themselves and i wanted to get your guys opinion on if they will pair or not. At my LFS they have 2 in different tanks all by themselves and they are the same size. what are your guys thoughts on getting them to pair? would it be possible?

"they are the same size" ... and is that size tiny? If they are already both female, no.

lightning clowns in my experience are the MOST territorial of all the clowns. If they aren't together at the LFS, ask why not. Put them together THERE. Don't bring them home only to have warfare and possible death of one.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

"they are the same size" ... and is that size tiny? If they are already both female, no.

lightning clowns in my experience are the MOST territorial of all the clowns. If they aren't together at the LFS, ask why not. Put them together THERE. Don't bring them home only to have warfare and possible death of one.

This. If one was bigger than the other than maybe.... But if both are the same size it usually ends badly.

 

[Jpiotro]

"they are the same size" ... and is that size tiny? If they are already both female, no.

lightning clowns in my experience are the MOST territorial of all the clowns. If they aren't together at the LFS, ask why not. Put them together THERE. Don't bring them home only to have warfare and possible death of one.

they’re both about 1.5-2 inches. i cant tell which one is female but one is darker in color if that helps at all.

 

[exnisstech]

I've paired maroons 3 times with success. It's takes quite a while but I have never lost a male when introducing them individually. I buy a female if possible, if not a male and wait untill it turns female. I like to keep the single fish in the tank for at least 6 months. A nem really helps as maroons love them but not required. Come to think of it I don't think I have ever kept clowns without nems. Oh well. Once she is settled I go out and find the smallest baby maroon clown I can and buy it. Then home and into the acclimation box, after qt of course if you do that. The female should have territory established by now so I place the acclimation box out of her territory and see if she shows interest. I gradually move the little guy closer everyday. Don't rush it. Once you get him into her territory leave him in the box for a few days. I then I cross my fingers and let the little guy out. She'll attack and hopefully he'll do his little submission dance and hopefully she'll accept him without beeting him up too bad. Disclaimer: This has worked for me but there are no guarantee that she won't kill him. Personally I won't introduce 2 at once and hope one changes. I did that once with a pair of lightnings and it was non stop battle untill one was dead.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

they’re both about 1.5-2 inches. i cant tell which one is female but one is darker in color if that helps at all.

No - I think that size is risky... SIZE has everything to do with how they become sexed. Only the largest is female. Refer above post #5.

Clownfish are All Born Male, a Dominant Male Will Turn Female When the Current Female of the Group Dies

Today I found out clownfish are all born males and the dominant male of a group will turn female when the female of that group dies. Clownfish, also known as anemonefish, are sequential hermaphrodites that first develop into males. In fact, they live in regimented schools made up of all males...

www.todayifoundout.com

This is good info - you can't change species behavior just because you want the two at the LFS right now...

I've paired maroons 3 times with success. It's takes quite a while but I have never lost a male when introducing them individually. I buy a female if possible, if not a male and wait untill it turns female. I like to keep the single fish in the tank for at least 6 months. A nem really helps as maroons love them but not required. Come to think of it I don't think I have ever kept clowns without nems. Oh well. Once she is settled I go out and find the smallest baby maroon clown I can and buy it. Then home and into the acclimation box, after qt of course if you do that. The female should have territory established by now so I place the acclimation box out of her territory and see if she shows interest. I gradually move the little guy closer everyday. Don't rush it. Once you get him into her territory leave him in the box for a few days. I then I cross my fingers and let the little guy out. She'll attack and hopefully he'll do his little submission dance and hopefully she'll accept him without beeting him up too bad. Disclaimer: This has worked for me but there are no guarantee that she won't kill him. Personally I won't introduce 2 at once and hope one changes. I did that once with a pair of lightnings and it was non stop battle untill one was dead.

 

[Jpiotro]

I've paired maroons 3 times with success. It's takes quite a while but I have never lost a male when introducing them individually. I buy a female if possible, if not a male and wait untill it turns female. I like to keep the single fish in the tank for at least 6 months. A nem really helps as maroons love them but not required. Come to think of it I don't think I have ever kept clowns without nems. Oh well. Once she is settled I go out and find the smallest baby maroon clown I can and buy it. Then home and into the acclimation box, after qt of course if you do that. The female should have territory established by now so I place the acclimation box out of her territory and see if she shows interest. I gradually move the little guy closer everyday. Don't rush it. Once you get him into her territory leave him in the box for a few days. I then I cross my fingers and let the little guy out. She'll attack and hopefully he'll do his little submission dance and hopefully she'll accept him without beeting him up too bad. Disclaimer: This has worked for me but there are no guarantee that she won't kill him. Personally I won't introduce 2 at once and hope one changes. I did that once with a pair of lightnings and it was non stop battle untill one was dead.

thank you, i think this is my best course of action. i’d hate to get both and have one end up dead.

 

[Jpiotro]

I've paired maroons 3 times with success. It's takes quite a while but I have never lost a male when introducing them individually. I buy a female if possible, if not a male and wait untill it turns female. I like to keep the single fish in the tank for at least 6 months. A nem really helps as maroons love them but not required. Come to think of it I don't think I have ever kept clowns without nems. Oh well. Once she is settled I go out and find the smallest baby maroon clown I can and buy it. Then home and into the acclimation box, after qt of course if you do that. The female should have territory established by now so I place the acclimation box out of her territory and see if she shows interest. I gradually move the little guy closer everyday. Don't rush it. Once you get him into her territory leave him in the box for a few days. I then I cross my fingers and let the little guy out. She'll attack and hopefully he'll do his little submission dance and hopefully she'll accept him without beeting him up too bad. Disclaimer: This has worked for me but there are no guarantee that she won't kill him. Personally I won't introduce 2 at once and hope one changes. I did that once with a pair of lightnings and it was non stop battle untill one was dead.

I've paired maroons 3 times with success. It's takes quite a while but I have never lost a male when introducing them individually. I buy a female if possible, if not a male and wait untill it turns female. I like to keep the single fish in the tank for at least 6 months. A nem really helps as maroons love them but not required. Come to think of it I don't think I have ever kept clowns without nems. Oh well. Once she is settled I go out and find the smallest baby maroon clown I can and buy it. Then home and into the acclimation box, after qt of course if you do that. The female should have territory established by now so I place the acclimation box out of her territory and see if she shows interest. I gradually move the little guy closer everyday. Don't rush it. Once you get him into her territory leave him in the box for a few days. I then I cross my fingers and let the little guy out. She'll attack and hopefully he'll do his little submission dance and hopefully she'll accept him without beeting him up too bad. Disclaimer: This has worked for me but there are no guarantee that she won't kill him. Personally I won't introduce 2 at once and hope one changes. I did that once with a pair of lightnings and it was non stop battle untill one was dead.

also this is gonna sound stupid but when i go to buy one should i buy the lighter color one of the darker one?

 

[exnisstech]

Colors really shouldn't matter. The colors will change as they mature.

 

[Jpiotro]

Colors really shouldn't matter. The colors will change as they mature.

okay thank you.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

These are non lightning maroons, but I bought them and paired them successfully back in August. Much like @exnisstech I've gotten lucky with clown pairing over the years. This is my 4th set of Maroons since 1998. Last 2 pairs were lightnings these are standard maroons. Had a hard time readily finding lightning maroons... The maroons have a huge dimorphism between the male & female. Female has darkened since the video, she was way light back in August.

I also have these little skunks in the tank with the maroons, they were already paired.

 

[exnisstech]

okay thank you.

Found a old image of my pair. Mine were both dark.