Clownfish pairing

jontheron

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Hi all I have a few questions regarding the parring of clowns

First off has anyone had any luck parring clowns of different species ? Or even same species with different color variations ?

Second at what age/size do clowns reach sexual maturity or change

Reason I ask is because I have two percula clowns in my tank . One is a Picasso and the other is a black percula .

When I first introduced them for the first few days they were together all the time.

Until the Picasso found my 2 bubble anemones they then began to fight a lot

they have calmed down over the last week but stil fight every now and then

Only the picaso sleeps in the bubbles

Will they sort themselves out or will I have to remove one ?
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jontheron said:
One is a Picasso and the other is a black percula
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although fancy names, they are still the same species.

The Picasso, already turn into female, or is busy changing. At the moment showing her dominance over the male.

Will fight less in a couple of days, once the male accepts the dominance over him and he starts to do the shaking dance.
 
How long is it supposed to go on for ? My clowns have been doing that for about 3 months and every night the bigger one (female) hits the male a couple of times, especially after feeding, and all he does is start shaking like he is epileptic.
 
I love watching them shake, haha my smaller one i presume male always does the shaking, easily 3 times a week...
 
CameL said:
every night the bigger one (female) hits the male a couple of times, especially after feeding, and all he does is start shaking like he is epileptic.
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Pretty much normal...
She will forever show him who is boss.
 
Yup he does the epileptic thing a lot lol

But that's awesome good to know I never had that problem with my Clark eyes though

has anyone ever interbred clowns eg a skunk and occilaris ?

I would love to see more colour variations
 
I've read about maroon and true percula and maroon and tomato clowns cross breeding. But it's not easy as the maroons are quite aggressive.
Attatched is a pic of a tomato and maroon hybrid.

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Woo hoo yesterday was the first day they weren't chasing each other around the tank win

Now just hoping they start to share the neni
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jontheron said:
One is a Picasso and the other is a black percula .
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You are busy pairing two different species of clownfish with one another as your Picasso clown is A.Percula and your Black percula is A.Ocellaris.

They will pair off successfully provided that you do not have two females.
 
Rely ?

How can you tell the difference between a black ocellaris and a black percula

Lol so I was lied to at the pet store ha ha ha
 
jontheron said:
Rely ?

How can you tell the difference between a black ocellaris and a black percula

Lol so I was lied to at the pet store ha ha ha
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Yes really,

A black ocellaris and a black percula is the same fish because a black ocellaris is also known as the Black Perc, Black Percula Clown Anemonefish, or Black and White False Percula Clown,

I doubt you were lied to at the pet store.
 
I'm b bit lost Cus a ocellaris and a perccula are different species are they not ?

So is it just whatever people feel like calling them ?

Is it not true that ocellaris have 10 dorsal spines and a perccula has 9

It is it the other way round

There must be a way to differentiate between the two species ?
 
jontheron said:
I'm b bit lost Cus a ocellaris and a perccula are different species are they not ?
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yes they are different species.

jontheron said:
So is it just whatever people feel like calling them ?
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People can call a fish what ever they like, but the species cant be changed.

jontheron said:
Is it not true that ocellaris have 10 dorsal spines and a perccula has 9

It is it the other way round

There must be a way to differentiate between the two species ?
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Ocellaris has 11 spines and percula 9 or 10.
 
Ok I seeee I never knew they were known as false perculas that makes a lot more sense
 
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