Gold Stripe Maroon Pairing

[mike31154]

Great stuff with the successful pairing. I have a pair of white stripe Maroons and it took longer than 3 days, so you've had very good luck. Took almost three weeks for my male to get accepted, but he was a trooper and bided his time until they decided who was boss. Might be worth mentioning mine were close to the same size when I paired them, so that probably had an influence on the proceedings. They may have both still been juvenile males, whereas in your case, the decision was already made, since you've had the female for a number of years. On a side note, my Yellow Tang is also a sort of mediator when conflicts arise from time to time.

Never know with clown's personalities what will happen once they've paired and hosted. Might get more aggressive, certainly more territorial. My female is also a little more on the 'timid' side when I read some other people's experiences with Maroons. She'll threaten when I've got my hands in there doing stuff, but only actually hit me once or twice. Part of the deal and I don't really mind too much, she's just doing what comes naturally.