clown breeding

[2t2_crash]

I am curious about clown fish breeding, and I will probably come out of this sounding like an absolute moron, but bear with me.

I bought four false peculas yesterday, all are babies from the same hatching and no more than 2 cm long.

will these things behave like siblings or do they mate?

also these suckers dont seem to want to find the anemone I have in my tank, will this come in time?

I got rid of to tomatoes for these guys.. my toms were to dang mean. these guys are cute little fellas and are happily swimming around and playing nice with my bicolored blennies.

 

[noboddi]

They can mate in time. What will happen is you will end up with an alpha female, an alpha male, and two adolescents. They will stay adolescent as long as an alpha male and female are present.

Clowns will or will not host, all in their own time. It can take a long time. Patience has it's rewards. My yellow watchman is finally checking out the pistol shrimp I supplied him after 5 months. These things happen in their own time.

 

[2t2_crash]

well they are DEFINITELY curious about the nem, they keep nosing up to it and looking at it, but I think they nem might be in a spot a little to strong with the current for them at the moment. they are still babies.
I gotta keep an eye on em and make sure they dont get eaten, my friend got 8 from the same hatching and 6 became food to his anemone... and at 500 yen each they are far cheaper here than in the states.. bu I dont feel like stuffing my anemone with 20$ in one shot