What sort of clown is this?

[Funky_Fish14]

Rob... Well, if you wanted to keep babies for yourself I dont see the problem (I probably would if some happened to survive, lol). But I certainly would not 'inject' them into the gene pool if you know what I mean? But yeah like, I've seen a fire clown and a cinnamon paired, and stuff like that. Similarly looking fish can do it. I dont know about the viability of the offspring though.

Its possible your fish will stay orange for most of it's life. Like someone mentioned, tomato clowns dont always go red, partially due to captive breeding (I might compare this to horned tomato frogs, whom look terrible captive bred but are bright red in the wild). NOT saying your fish looks terrible though! Lol. But you understand my point.

You could definitely get him (which would become a her if not already) a smaller partner though if you wanted. And an anemone would certainly be cool!

Cheers,

Chris

[SmallFry]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Rob... Well, if you wanted to keep babies for yourself I dont see the problem (I probably would if some happened to survive, lol). But I certainly would not 'inject' them into the gene pool if you know what I mean? But yeah like, I've seen a fire clown and a cinnamon paired, and stuff like that. Similarly looking fish can do it. I dont know about the viability of the offspring though.

Its possible your fish will stay orange for most of it's life. Like someone mentioned, tomato clowns dont always go red, partially due to captive breeding (I might compare this to horned tomato frogs, whom look terrible captive bred but are bright red in the wild). NOT saying your fish looks terrible though! Lol. But you understand my point.

You could definitely get him (which would become a her if not already) a smaller partner though if you wanted. And an anemone would certainly be cool!

Cheers,

Chris

I think I'd try to avoid hybrid offspring because I wouldn't be able to come up with the tank space to keep them myself, I was just curious as to what would happen if you did get the match slightly wrong - whether they'd play nice or you could expect world war three in there!

I'm cool with him being (and staying) orange, it's all part of his fishy character - but if he'd just stop biting me that'd be nice!

I may just go down the anemone route, having watched him attack his own reflection in the glass I think the process of adding another might be pretty hairy...

Rob.

[Funky_Fish14]

Haha oh really? None of my clowns try to bite me... some just have an attitude I guess, lol.

Often clowns will attack others they interpret as being in the same 'rank' as them... so a male clown who 'owns' his tank will attack an invading equivalent sized male (his reflection), and a female will attack any other female clown or large males. The best way to pair clowns is to add a distinctly smaller clown and hope for the best (usually, there are some exceptions like maroon matching is often much more difficult).

Cheers,

Chris

[intarsiabox]

My two perc. clowns try to bite me all the time! You would think after I've been the only one feeding them for 4 years they would be nicer. When I am trying to glue a new frag in the tank I litterally have to push these guys out of the way, they have no fear of my hands in the tank. I used to have a maroon clown with them but he was a bit of a bully but the percs always got him back. As soon as the maroon's back was turned they would dart out and nip him in the butt and then rush back into the rocks! It's easy to see where the name "clown fish" comes from with their antics.