MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
in a sad turn of events, i found one of our pair of clownfish dead on the floor sunday. 
never had any issues with them jumping before, so i wasn't using a lid, but the poor little guy took a jump while we were out and i unfortunately didn't find him in time to save him. first thing i did was make an egg crate lid for the tank so this will never happen again. i feel terrible that i didn't already have one in place, but really didn't think it would be necessary. they were both always very docile, and never seemed to exhibit any propensity to jump.
our pair were both percula clowns. we bought them about 6 months ago as teeny tiny little guys in a pair. they've been living well together ever since, and both were growing quite nicely.
i've read a lot in the last two days about getting another clown. since the remaining clown is still very young i was hoping that he would be readily accepting of a new clown in the tank (i feel bad he lost his buddy, they were almost always next to each other and followed each other everywhere).
i am thinking about getting either another percula, or possibly a black and white ocellaris. roughly the same size as ours is now to try to minimize any size related bullying.
tank is a 75G, so there is plenty of room. other tank mates are a small yellow tang (about 3 inches), small six line wrasse (about 3 inches), and as soon as his QT period is finished a tiny lawnmower blenny (about 2 inches).
from what i have read i think doing this sooner rather than later would probably be the best option, taking in to account of course the 5 - 6 week QT period.
my question is this: are there any additional tips, tricks, or things to be aware of if we decide to get another clown?
R.I.P Gacey. :sad1:
never had any issues with them jumping before, so i wasn't using a lid, but the poor little guy took a jump while we were out and i unfortunately didn't find him in time to save him. first thing i did was make an egg crate lid for the tank so this will never happen again. i feel terrible that i didn't already have one in place, but really didn't think it would be necessary. they were both always very docile, and never seemed to exhibit any propensity to jump.
our pair were both percula clowns. we bought them about 6 months ago as teeny tiny little guys in a pair. they've been living well together ever since, and both were growing quite nicely.
i've read a lot in the last two days about getting another clown. since the remaining clown is still very young i was hoping that he would be readily accepting of a new clown in the tank (i feel bad he lost his buddy, they were almost always next to each other and followed each other everywhere).
i am thinking about getting either another percula, or possibly a black and white ocellaris. roughly the same size as ours is now to try to minimize any size related bullying.
tank is a 75G, so there is plenty of room. other tank mates are a small yellow tang (about 3 inches), small six line wrasse (about 3 inches), and as soon as his QT period is finished a tiny lawnmower blenny (about 2 inches).
from what i have read i think doing this sooner rather than later would probably be the best option, taking in to account of course the 5 - 6 week QT period.
my question is this: are there any additional tips, tricks, or things to be aware of if we decide to get another clown?
R.I.P Gacey. :sad1:
