Maroon Clown Breeder/Hosting Setup Questions
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ThRoewer
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40 gallon should be enough.
Why would you want them in a magnifica? BTAs are their natural hosts and are easier to keep.
As for the breeding part - how many small tanks do you have? I'm asking because as soon as they get their color they start fighting and may need to be separated.
Why would you want them in a magnifica? BTAs are their natural hosts and are easier to keep.
As for the breeding part - how many small tanks do you have? I'm asking because as soon as they get their color they start fighting and may need to be separated.
Amoo
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I don't like BTAs and I LOVE all my Mags. Can't get enough of the purple with green tips.
I have a ton of small tanks so separating isn't really an issue. I also don't plan on trying to pair two maroons
The full plan behind this since you're inquiring is to get the JBJ 20g Shallow 20x24x9 Dimensions and do an isotope style tank focusing on the Mag, but attempting to get a breeding pair out of my Black Ice and a Maroon. Literally nothing else in the tank but a super shallow sand bed, a couple of rocks, the nem, two clowns and a minimal CuC.
hotelbravo
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its going to be rough trying to pair an ocellaris and a maroon. i tried and ran into problem. many people on here advised me not to try but i did anyway. i wish you luck
Amoo
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I'm well aware of the "fun" this will probably be but thank you for the heads up. I managed to pull off two breeding pairs of percs in my 125 finally so this was next on my list
What can I say I'm a glutton for punishment.
hotelbravo
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im currently trying a black ice and fancy picasso pair. everything has been going good the last few months and have been fattening them up with high quality food and frequent feedings.
id be very interested in some of the fry if you ever managed to be successful with that pair. who will your male and female be? from reading the pattern tends to favor the male
id be very interested in some of the fry if you ever managed to be successful with that pair. who will your male and female be? from reading the pattern tends to favor the male
Amoo
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I already have the black ice and she's been alone so she should be the female as I suspect she is about 20 months considerin her size when I got her. This would make the maroon/GSM male, I haven't decided which one I want. I know the maroon I order will be no larger than 1.25 because of where I order my clowns and how good they are about special requests.
Both my current pairs are picasso, but one is about to be given back to the original owner now that he can take them back.
Both my current pairs are picasso, but one is about to be given back to the original owner now that he can take them back.
hotelbravo
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in my attempt i had my ocellaris as the female and the maroon as the male also. there was an inch advantage over the maroon
Amoo
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Yeah, the worst case scenario is my BI goes back into the sump he's in with his Yellow Tang friend and I have to get a second maroon. Nobody wants them because of how aggressive they are, but they are so stunning and I really want the nem only nano. I figured making it into a decorated breeder would be a fun experiment. My main display is a 125g with a 75g sump and it's been setup for a year now and all it has in it other then tangs/fox/clowns are a hammer, a brain and a birdsnest to go with the 3 H.Mags I have in there. I'm kind of tired of the emptiness so I'm going to make it into a full reef. None of the Nems will move out, but if I'm taking the focus off of my nems in that tank, I want to put it back on them in a different one.
Amoo
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It's all about the roll of the dice baby.
Amoo
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Why not just breed a new hybrid called the Hulk. Cross a Maroon with a ClarkiiWould be super mean and super ugly
Spoticaroon Maybe even?
ThRoewer
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Why not just breed a new hybrid called the Hulk. Cross a Maroon with a Clarkii
To get a really mean fish you need to cross the result of that pairing with a Dascyllus trimaculatus.
Amoo
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I know we've all been joking around, but truth be told I don't really care how the babies look. My black ice is awesome and I want a maroon, and it's pretty much that simple. Even if they became a bonded pair and never bred I would be thrilled, I just want the maroon to not beat the snot out of the Ice 24/7
ThRoewer
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+1
Mags can get large (1m in diameter) and tall and need enough water around and above them. A shallow tank is more suited for shallow water anemones like giganteas or Maxi Minis.
Also mags like to sit on a raised location (otherwise they may wander around until they die). So a mag tank should rather be tall.
Amoo
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This is incorrect, as a Mag owner myself I feel I am quite qualified to correct it.
Mags like High Flow and High amount of Light. Once you have provided both of those, Mags tend to stay put. There is no difference to my rocks ending 12" off the surface with 15" below and the Mag planting himself there or there being 12" between the only rock available sitting on the bottom of the tank and the surface. They just want the light.
The question really becomes what's that magic cutoff number of how much room you need to give a mag to the surface of the tank for the location in which they will be attached. This is going to vary from Mag to Mag. As tentacle length varies greatly on just the ones I currently have.
Amoo
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Hey Postal, you still doing Spot, babies?
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