"hey, Marlin, you're a clownfish,tell us a joke"

josh_crosson · 09-13-2005, 04:21 AM

I've got a Percula clown in my tank, and i've just got two clarkii clowns now i bought the two clarkii from my local fish shop, they were in the same tank with about 5 sebae anemones so i bought one also. what i would like to know, will they be a mated pair? and what is the likelyhood of one of the clarkii's becoming mated with the percula? i asked one of the guys at another place if it was possible for that to happen and his reply was-"I think thats how they get different kinds of new clowns." is he full of it, or whats gonna/might happen? never any "fighting", or nipping, but whenever the larger of the two clarkii's comes by the percula the percula goes sideways and kinda spazzes out like if he were getting electricuted, can anyone tell me what thats all about, although its funny to watch i am slightly concerned.
Thanks Josh-

Samper · 09-13-2005, 02:23 PM

I can't answer your question about the different species breeding but I have seen that behavior before among two Perculas. The one spazzing out is submitting to the other clownfish in a way.....sort of how a dog rolls over and shows its stomach when it's scared of another dog. Most likely your two clarkii clowns will form a pair. The larger of the two being the female. Clowns are very aggressive and territorial especially of their anemones and when protecting eggs. I forsee problems with the three of them being together especially if your system isn't very large. The anemone will require a good amount of food and adequate lighting to keep it alive long term. Are you setup to handle it?

josh_crosson · 09-13-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Samper

I forsee problems with the three of them being together especially if your system isn't very large. The anemone will require a good amount of food and adequate lighting to keep it alive long term. Are you setup to handle it?

well ive got a 100 gal long tank with about 150lbs of live rock a seabae and long tenticle anemones good water flow i feed DT's live marine phytoplanton daily about 1 tbl spoon as well as a krill everyother day for the both anemones my lighting is a coralife 260 watt 10,000k/actinic PC i run good filtration never a problem with my filters and i run a skimmer that is rated for a 20 gal larger tank so no problems with any of that

09-13-2005, 04:21 AM	#1
josh_crosson Tenant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rohnert Park, california Posts: 66	"hey, Marlin, you're a clownfish,tell us a joke" I've got a Percula clown in my tank, and i've just got two clarkii clowns now i bought the two clarkii from my local fish shop, they were in the same tank with about 5 sebae anemones so i bought one also. what i would like to know, will they be a mated pair? and what is the likelyhood of one of the clarkii's becoming mated with the percula? i asked one of the guys at another place if it was possible for that to happen and his reply was-"I think thats how they get different kinds of new clowns." is he full of it, or whats gonna/might happen? never any "fighting", or nipping, but whenever the larger of the two clarkii's comes by the percula the percula goes sideways and kinda spazzes out like if he were getting electricuted, can anyone tell me what thats all about, although its funny to watch i am slightly concerned. Thanks Josh- Attached Thumbnails Last edited by josh_crosson; 09-13-2005 at 04:24 AM.

09-13-2005, 02:23 PM	#2
Samper Contributing Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,762	I can't answer your question about the different species breeding but I have seen that behavior before among two Perculas. The one spazzing out is submitting to the other clownfish in a way.....sort of how a dog rolls over and shows its stomach when it's scared of another dog. Most likely your two clarkii clowns will form a pair. The larger of the two being the female. Clowns are very aggressive and territorial especially of their anemones and when protecting eggs. I forsee problems with the three of them being together especially if your system isn't very large. The anemone will require a good amount of food and adequate lighting to keep it alive long term. Are you setup to handle it? __________________ Keep your heart pure conceive your own dreams Respect your fellow man the earth and the trees.

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