Occelaris Clown

[Miguel]

Greetings,

I've had one Occelaris clownfish, just short of 2 inches in size, and just
over 2 weeks ago I added another two of approximately an inch each.
I've noticed the one smaller clownfish spends a lot of time hovering near /
in a "caved" in section of my live rock and today noticed it seems to be a
bit "swollen".
Is it possible for a clownfish of this size to be carrying eggs? Any other
info appreciated.

Thanx
Miguel

[GamePlayer No. 1058]

Generally speaking when they pair up, the larger of the two will turn
female, whats it's behavior like? Is it cleaning any flat rocks or such in
preperation of laying eggs? Do you have a large tank? Im just curious
because my LFS said that I SHOULDNT add another clown to my tank (20 gallon
tank) because they would probably fight to the death. I didnt heed their
suggestion and added another clown, they now tell me I just got lucky that
mine are pretty inseperable, where one goes the other follows and visa
versa. But in my tank the larger one is about 2 to 2 and a half inches and
the smaller one is about half it's size. No fighting or agression so far.

Goodluck,



"Miguel" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> I've had one Occelaris clownfish, just short of 2 inches in size, and just
> over 2 weeks ago I added another two of approximately an inch each.
> I've noticed the one smaller clownfish spends a lot of time hovering near
/
> in a "caved" in section of my live rock and today noticed it seems to be a
> bit "swollen".
> Is it possible for a clownfish of this size to be carrying eggs? Any
other
> info appreciated.
>
> Thanx
> Miguel
>
>

[Richard Reynolds]

> Generally speaking when they pair up, the larger of the two will turn
> female,
though there are exceptions there are no clowns that have a larger male, the female is
always either the same size as or larger than the male, and ocellaris do have larger
females.

> whats it's behavior like? Is it cleaning any flat rocks or such in
> preperation of laying eggs?

its too soon for breeding, unless she was holding before (not likely but could happen) it
requires time in the tank, and age.

> Do you have a large tank?

ocellaris are smaller clowns a pair will do fine in a 10g

> Im just curious
> because my LFS said that I SHOULDNT add another clown to my tank (20 gallon
> tank) because they would probably fight to the death.

unless you are not providing enough information then the person at the LFS is an idiot!
tank size does not cause agression with clowns, and unless you put in 2 males or 2 females
you wont get any more than the common checking out of the new fish. actually tank size is
a way of removing agression in clowns put 5 small gsm's in a 10 and they will shread
themselves up, put in 200 and they live happily though I wouldnt recomend it as a
perminent tank and it assumes your filtration is up to it.

> I didnt heed their
> suggestion and added another clown, they now tell me I just got lucky that
> mine are pretty inseperable, where one goes the other follows and visa
> versa. But in my tank the larger one is about 2 to 2 and a half inches and
> the smaller one is about half it's size. No fighting or agression so far.

thats normal for a pair of clowns.




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Richard Reynolds