a question

[rickosteen]

im not sure if i should have put this in the clownfish forum or on here so here it is, how do you know if a clownfish is sexually mature and how big are they when they are usually sexually mature pretty much wanna know how long i have to wait for them to breed

 

[reefman13]

Well, 9 times out of ten you don't.............well, maybe not that many times but, unless there is a pair, it is very difficult to tell.

If you have a pair, the larger one, and sometimes slightly darker one (more commonly seen with percula and ocellaris clowns), is the female as she is the dominant fish in the pair.

If it is a single clown in a tank, after about 2 or 3 weeks that clown will become a male.

For breeding purposes (assuming you have a pair) the larger of the two will be the female.

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954228#post10954228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefman13
If it is a single clown in a tank, after about 2 or 3 weeks that clown will become a male.

actually it will become a female not a male

 

[traveller7]

Re: a question

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10953929#post10953929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rickosteen
im not sure if i should have put this in the clownfish forum or on here so here it is, how do you know if a clownfish is sexually mature and how big are they when they are usually sexually mature pretty much wanna know how long i have to wait for them to breed

Time to maturity varies a bit, but plan on 1-3 years for maturity.

Getting them to start breeding again varies from months of conditioning, to never.

Can narrow the time down if you share the species of clown you are targeting.

Best of luck.

 

[timrandlerv10]

maroon clowns?

 

[reefman13]

hehe at 12am its hard to keep thinking straight

I meant female.

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954228#post10954228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefman13

If it is a single clown in a tank, after about 2 or 3 weeks that clown will become a female.

I changed male to female in the quote

While this is true in nature when the male is already full size and changes to a female, I don't think this always applies in aquarium situations when the fish are not full sized and/or don't have any other stimulus to cause the development or change in sexual function.

I think all the sex change data has been collected in the wild within family groups. I don't believe I have seen any data to show that the same thing happens with isolated clowns in aquariums.

 

[rickosteen]

well where i got them all they said was percula clowns but what ive read im going to say they are the ocelaris if thats spelled right,they were in seperate tanks and i purposely got one bigger than the other the bigger is a darker color kinda like its burnt orange going to the bright orange and the other is smaller and just regular orange,can you tell by the size about how old they are

 

[rickosteen]

i put a pic of my bigger percula(false) in my gallery not the best pic but you can tell me what you all think