Male switch to female time frame

[ezhoops]

Just lost my onyx female due to a malfunctioning heater, managed to save male. Any idea how long till he changes to female? No other clowns in tank

 

[Spyderturbo007]

I spoke with a few breeders about this issue when I lost my female. Bob from iBlueWater informed me that the change can begin in as little as 9 days from the loss of the female. So if you want to keep him a male, you need to act now. Your best bet might be to wait for him to complete the change and then purchase a male.

I decided, for now, not to attempt to get a replacement since my remaining clown is now best friends with my Tang. They swim everywhere together and typically sleep together. My clown seems to think he is a Tang now and mimics him by eating Nori and even trying to eat algae off the glass.

It's actually pretty funny to watch a clownfish try and eat off the glass.

 

[sjwitt]

^That's pretty funny.

I have a cinnamon clown that's very large. She's been alone in the tank (with her RBTA palace) for a year at least. I just broke down and bought a new baby cinnamon which is in QT right now. I'm hoping she will take to the little guy and not attack him. Going to fatten him up in QT first.

 

[OrionN]

I got a pair of Percula that I got from a friend. Split them into and put both with a know male and a juvenile about 30 days ago. The Male of the two turn to become female and laying eggs 1st patch last week (that I seen today), that is about 8 weeks from the time I got him. I got him home 3/22. I saw the eggs today. It is in the back of the rock in the mist of Xenia. They are acting a little strange so I look. It is possible but unlikely that this not the first patch.

So from male to eggs as little as 8 weeks