Male Clown Future

[themcnertney]

Help my make a decision on what to do. I have a 14 year old ocellaris male B&W clownfish. Little dude recently lost his female partner. I don’t believe she passed due to disease but to old age. A few years ago they went through a mating period that lasted nearly a year, every two to three weeks laying eggs.

With the male being lonely and alone now, I and trying to make a decision on what to do.

1. Leave the guy alone and don’t do anything.
2. Get a new smaller male and see if the get along. Maybe even have the male flip sexes to a female if introducing a smaller fish. It would be another ocellaris, possibly black and white again or maybe orange and white.
3. Re-home this clown to another tank and two new clown fish.

Fish were in a 55 gallon from (9/2/10 thru 2/8/14). 220 from 1/6/14 thru 8/4/23. 29 Gallon Biocube 8/4/23 thru present.

What do you think I should do?

 

[littlefoxx]

Get a smaller male and let him turn female! Youve had the guy this long I say get him a friend and let him become the dominant one

 

[themcnertney]

This has been my thought all along. Just wanted other to buy into it.

 

[themcnertney]

Thinking orange/white and black/white ocellaris. Would be neat if they did hangout. Think the color combo would be unique.

 

[themcnertney]

Any others with an opinion on this?

 

[NotReefsafe]

Defintely get a smaller male. Opposite colors would be cool

 

[ReeferCO]

I agree with what everyone has already said. 14 years is a long time. Let him ride out his golden years and experience being the the dominant fish. He’s probably tired of getting bossed around all the time and may like bossing someone else around for a change LOL!

 

[themcnertney]

Picked up a snowflake clown and a green bubble tipped nem. Thinking the nem might help with the clown’s acclimating to each other.

 

[themcnertney]

Seems like it helped.