Maroon clown question.

[rlf_racing]

I just read the sexing thread on clowns and still a little confused. If a maroon clown is kept by itself will it remain sexless or will become a female? Mine is roughly 2 to 2.5" long does this mean that it is a female already or is it still to young to change yet? It ie kept with two other species of slowns that are already male and female pairs. I can't say they are mated yet since they haven't started producing yet. So what is everones thaought on this?

 

[mgs]

Ive ben told that most are male and when put together the larger one will change to female.

 

[rlf_racing]

I know where to get a 5" maroon as we speak. I am pretty sur that it is a female since it is so large. Or could I be wrong? And since this the only maroon in the tankwhat are the chances that it is a male or not sexually immature?

 

[rlf_racing]

bump

 

[kimsie]

Ok - I was under the impression that if a clown was kept alone - it would become female... So in my impression - both of the maroons your talking about are fairly large and probably both female.

From what I've read - if you have an existing clown it is ALWAYS better to get one smaller than that... not larger...

 

[rlf_racing]

I didn't purchase the larger one, if that is what you are thinking. So it is a fair assumption that mine is a female then? It is just so hard to find large maroons and when I do I can't put it in my tank.

 

[kimsie]

Yours will grow that big - just give it time

If it were me - I just wouldn't want to risk putting 2 females together - they will for sure kill each other. I just think you'd be much safer getting the smallest you can find (it shouldn't be too hard to find a 3/4 inch one) and introduce it slowly...

 

[rlf_racing]

How fast do they grow? Do they grow faster when paired or by themselves?

 

[RBU1]

Sorry to Hijack.....I have a 4-5" gold striped Maroon. I would like to add another to see if they pair up. When I found a nice loooking smaller one at my LFS I was told I can not add another GSM to the tank at all. Was this person wrong? Based on what I am reading in this thread I would tend to think that as long as I get a small GSM I should be OK?????

 

[kimsie]

Yes - the person was wrong - but YES - it is very hard! Sometimes it can be as simple as putting a little one it - but rarely...

You'll need to take proper precautions that the smaller one can seek refuge if need be. In other words - get a strawberry basket - or something that the little one can easily swim in and out of - and the larger one can't get in - and introduce it that way.

Will your 1 maroon grow faster with a mate? Maybe? The females are always much (sometimes almost double) larger than the male of maroons. So if yours is still unsexed or male - it may grow rather quickly with the introduction of a juvi that becomes male...

Just my 2 cents - based on my reeding and Joyce's Clownfishes book.. And I do have a GSM pair...

 

[littleshark]

If a maroon is 3in+ then its a female for sure. Goldbars are a little different, since the male will be Brighter than the female. But that doesnt mean its a male forsure. BEst way to introduce is putting the smaller one in a acrylic box and put it where the females territory is. Let them stay together for a week or so, then release the male, if aggresiver occur and the male gets beat up then put him back in the box and do it over again. Sometimes the female wont take a male.

 

[Shekki]

You probably didn't see my thread from a few weeks ago. I had a 3" GSM and found a smaller one at a LFS. There was only about a 1/2" to 3/4" size difference. I put the new one in a clear container in the tank. The bigger clown went nuts and tried to attack the new fish for a few hours and then seemed to give up. By the next day they were swimming together, although separated by the plastic container. The following day I let the new one in the tank and the old one attacked it for about 5 minutes until the smaller one started fighting back and made the old one his/her b*tch in a few minutes. I tried my best but couldn't catch either one. It's been a few weeks now and the new one completely owns the anemone but lets the old one get closer every day. There's hardly any aggression and when it is, it's generally a nudge or nip on the fin, nothing too damaging.

I have no idea if they are male-male, female-male, or female-female but for now things are peaceful.

 

[garygb]

A clownfish kept alone will become female. This can happen in as little as a month according to Joyce Wilkerson.

 

[rlf_racing]

Which aggressive fish are good with gsm? Hawkfish, scorpion fish, lionfish, and???? ?

 

[rlf_racing]

Bump

 

[Shekki]

Rif,

I've got a coral beauty, six spot sleeper goby, and lunare wrasse with mine. All is well so far.

 

[davocean]

At 2-2 1/2" I would get a smaller clown to intro, and use a specimen container.