Gold Stripe Maroon Clown

[bigguy101]

To any clown experts out in reef land,

So I bought two goldstripe maroons about 3 months ago in juvenile stage(stripes are still white gradually turning gold). They were in the tank together at the LFS same exact size; very very small. I have a 29 gal FOWLR, one of them has prevealed dominant and changed sex and grown double the size of the other. The Female sometimes nips at the male fins but they still swim,sleep, and eat together on a daily basis. i dont wont to get rid of them because their relationship is actually fun to watch as they have grown over time. My questions are
1) Will this nipping eventually stop
2) What are the chances of them mating w/o any anemoes
3) How will the affect other new additions of fish because as of now they are the only two.
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[Toddrtrex]

1) If they do form a pair is should stop.
2) Almost all (( if not all )) breeders spawn their clowns without anemones.
3) I would be wary about adding any more fish to a 29 with a pair of maroons in it, would be willing to bet that they wouldn't be welcome at all.

 

[CCall]

Mine have been together for a few years and she still nips at him occasionally. I would add other tank mates soon before they get bigger. These are the most aggressive of the clownfish family. In a year or so you may need to get a bigger tank unless these are they only tank mates. My female is about 5 to 6 inch. long.