Adding another clown

[shifty99]

I had a pair of ocellaris clowns in quarantine together. When i added them to my DT the little male went down the overflow and died. He was about .75" and the female is 1". Can i add another of about the same size as her or a little bigger so the new one wont go down the overflow as it will be bigger?

Anything smaller than her will go down the overflow but from what I have read the new one needs to be smaller than her.

 

[davocean]

That small they could have both still been male, so you might get away w/ either smaller, bigger, or what I would probably do is shoot for same size.
To be safe intro in a specimen container.
Knitting places or fabric stores have black mesh that is great for overflows, very small screen, plastic, flexible.

 

[OrionN]

when they are that small, you can add any size, even an adult female one.

 

[shifty99]

Thanks for the advice. Was just worried that the larger one had become female and would not change back to male in the presence of a larger female. I will try to find one about the same size and introduce them

 

[auburnreefer110]

I have 2 Ocellaris Clowns in my tank. 1 is about 20 years old, and about 3 years ago the second one died. So I bought one on the smaller side. They get along great, was wondering if I could 2 or 4 more, and what size.

 

[OrionN]

They are too small and still juveniles and not even a male yet. Any size fish will be fine.

 

[davocean]

I have 2 Ocellaris Clowns in my tank. 1 is about 20 years old, and about 3 years ago the second one died. So I bought one on the smaller side. They get along great, was wondering if I could 2 or 4 more, and what size.

Yours is a different situation, obviously larger was female so you had to go w/ a new small male, and you should keep to one pair, they pretty much always fight when they mature if there is more than one pair unless a group from same clutch or extremely large tank.

 

[FTDelta]

I have 2 Ocellaris Clowns in my tank. 1 is about 20 years old, and about 3 years ago the second one died. So I bought one on the smaller side. They get along great, was wondering if I could 2 or 4 more, and what size.

Get one of same species smaller than your other clown. Never good idea to have multiple clowns in same tank.