ID these clowns plz (ocellaris?)

paOol

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here are some pics.
i got them from 2 diff sources, and im hoping the bigger one is the female, and the small one is the male,.





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Those apparently to be Oscellaris to me- trues are a little bit more orangeish yellow. the larger one will become the female if it was not the biggest one from the LFS you got it from. Larger always is the female.
 
i got one from a friend, and the other from a LFS.
are they both ocellaris? i want a breeding pair.
thanks for quick reply.
 
Time will tell if they are a breeding pair. I've had a lot of success pairing up a large with a small. it seems to work out a lot better. I paired up a black perc with an oscellaris.. they shared the same anemone and the osc. grew larger and became the female. Looking at the size, I would say you have a good chance for them to differentiate sexes
 
yay!!

the little guy is a little over an inch,
and the female is a little over 2 inches.

any estimate on how long until their first spawn?
 
my first spawn came 7 months after I got them... not exactly sure how old they were when i bought them. But it takes a little while- I've read you can speed up the process with very slight temperature changes to signify the natural changes in the ocean and by feeding them live food. I try to feed live brine once a week with a rotation of protein and algae flakes... not sure if those are true or not but thats what I read
 
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