A. clarkii - how difficult to pair?

[Dino]

Should be a relatively simple question, I know a bit depends on the specific individuals and pair but I'm hoping to hear how difficult it is to pair them up. Reason I ask is I'm hoping to eventually turn my pretty barren tank currently into a BTA/clownfish pair tank. Unfortunately my WSM female has defied my attempts to pair her and I really don't want to dedicate a whole tank to one single fish with an attitude . So I'm tossing around the idea still of rehoming her and trying a different clownfish species. I'm mostly looking at perhaps if I do rehome her maybe picking up a couple juvie clarkiis and trying the grow out technique. Do clarkiis do alright with this type of pairing technique or is it more successful to let one grow out into a large female and then add a smaller male/juvie later? Are they as picky about their mates as maroons seem to be?

 

[marie]

I started with 2 juvi clarks and after a year and a half, the larger female attempted to kill the smaller (and was nearly successful), I separated them and just had the female alone for five years.
I have recently added another tiny clark to her tank and so far the results are positive. They share the anemone and there is almost no aggression which kind of amazed me because the big female is really an aggressive fish.

Its only been 2 months so time will tell

 

[Mr Bojangles]

it can be done, just find the smallest one you can after you know the one in the tank is the female, then put them in a container and leave it in there for a month. mine tried to beat him up for a few weeks in the container, but now they are buddies

 

[adtravels]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11592644#post11592644 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr Bojangles
it can be done, just find the smallest one you can after you know the one in the tank is the female, then put them in a container and leave it in there for a month. mine tried to beat him up for a few weeks in the container, but now they are buddies

brilliant