Paring clowns

[Justiena]

is it possible to pair a marroon clown with a black ocellaris??

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

It's possible.. but hiiiighly unlikely. I wouldn't have a maroon with any other clown species in a tank any smaller than a 75g with the maroon hosting a nem

 

[Justiena]

It's possible.. but hiiiighly unlikely. I wouldn't have a maroon with any other clown species in a tank any smaller than a 75g with the maroon hosting a nem

there is just LR right now, I was thinking about getting a mesh breader and keeping him in there for a few days after qt

 

[Jisko]

Maroons are incredibly aggressive and I doubt you'll get them to mate... if you did psh that would be sweet... just think about how much a black lighting maroon would sell for... hahaha

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

What size tank? If you just started it up, you could add the black ocellaris first then wait a month or so to let him get used to the tank before adding the maroon. You should certainly use the breeder box on the maroon for at least a week when putting it in. Start the maroon a bit smaller than the other clown as well.

 

[Justiena]

Maroons are incredibly aggressive and I doubt you'll get them to mate... if you did psh that would be sweet... just think about how much a black lighting maroon would sell for... hahaha

I really hope it goes well worst comes to worst I can always bring the black ocellaris back to the LFS.. I just dont want to be selfish and put one of them at risk if it not possible

 

[davocean]

Chances are very slim, and it definitely does come w/ risk, but you should be able to tell while it's in the breeder box if the maroon is accepting or trying to kill it.

 

[Justiena]

What size tank? If you just started it up, you could add the black ocellaris first then wait a month or so to let him get used to the tank before adding the maroon. You should certainly use the breeder box on the maroon for at least a week when putting it in. Start the maroon a bit smaller than the other clown as well.

14 biocube, the maroon is the only fish in the tank

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

14 biocube, the maroon is the only fish in the tank

Definetly would throw that idea out the window

 

[nemo1017]

Definetly would throw that idea out the window

+1

 

[Payson]

Definetly would throw that idea out the window

+2

 

[davocean]

Yeah that size tank certainly does not make things better, it's barely big enough for the one maroon, and really should be in a bigger tank already as it is, that's going to be an angry maroon confined in that space, I would not expect it to share space w/ any other clown and probably not even another maroon much less a mismatch of species.

 

[ash9965]

correct me if I am wrong but I believe the blood orange clown comes from breeding a maroon with an Orange Ocellaris so if this is true I would think it is possible ...after all I have a skunk and a Blood orange in my tank that are fine together quite the pair...

 

[Shoob1e]

Maroons are incredibly aggressive and I doubt you'll get them to mate... if you did psh that would be sweet... just think about how much a black lighting maroon would sell for... hahaha

agreed throwing the idea out, but dude a black lighting maroon would be an awesome fish.

 

[Justiena]

correct me if I am wrong but I believe the blood orange clown comes from breeding a maroon with an Orange Ocellaris so if this is true I would think it is possible ...after all I have a skunk and a Blood orange in my tank that are fine together quite the pair...

i mean everything would be impossible if you never try! im just going to try i will keep a close eye out and im going to put the black ocellaris in a breeder net for a week! we'll see[emoji29][emoji85]

 

[davocean]

i mean everything would be impossible if you never try! im just going to try i will keep a close eye out and im going to put the black ocellaris in a breeder net for a week! we'll see[emoji29][emoji85]

Oh believe me it's been tried many many times, rarely does it work, but the main issue here is that tank is really pretty small for the both, just fyi.

 

[Mike N]

Definetly would throw that idea out the window

+1000

 

[Mike N]

i mean everything would be impossible if you never try! im just going to try i will keep a close eye out and im going to put the black ocellaris in a breeder net for a week! we'll see[emoji29][emoji85]

Like daveocean said, its a small tank, even for a single clownfish. Trying to put two in such a small tank is a little cruel IMO.
I wanted clowns in my 13.5 evo so bad that I bought a 32 biocube

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

i mean everything would be impossible if you never try! im just going to try i will keep a close eye out and im going to put the black ocellaris in a breeder net for a week! we'll see[emoji29][emoji85]

I advise heavily against. As I said a few posts back, i would be cautious about housing these fish together in a 75 gallon tank... Being that the maroon is the only/ first fish in the tank, ANY fish you get from here on is going to be subject to aggression

 

[calendor]

I did exactly this when i started my 55 gal cube, maroon with a black ocellaris....... The ocellaris ended up finding the 1" open strip between my cover and tank wall and took a long jump to the floor out of it just to get away.