maroon mating gone bad?

[Icehockey_whino]

I think i posted this in the wrong forum. So hopefully this is the right forum.

I tried to mate a couple of maroon clowns. i put the smaller newcomer into a cage inside the tank for 4-days to aclimate to the tank and not have to go through the extra stress of the submissive behavior right away. This morning I let him into the main tank. The larger maroon did what I expected and went after the smaller clown. The smaller, after 5minutes became submissive did the seizure with his belly turned slightly up.

Everything seemed to go as planned. But all of a sudden the larger started attacking the smaller again and would not stop. The smaller was extremely stressed and his fins were getting torn up. So I caught the larger and put him in time out (the in water cage). My LFS said that if I leave him in the cage for 3-4 days everything will be alright. Any ideas? I don't want send the smaller to his death. Is there any hope that they will be sexed and maybe mate?

Quick Update: The larger maroon is still in the cage, and the smaller is swimming around in the tank and not hiding. Unfortunately its fins are pretty tore up. I really need as many ideas on this situation, and to make sure I'm doing it right.

I need as much help with this as I can.

 

[TOURKID]

well. i guess id have NOT caged the larger one. if anything id have recaged the smaller one...

but... i really dont think you shoulda caged any. unless your sure the lil guy is going to die. leave it be. the most info i can give you is this thread. its how i mated my maroons

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=855632

it starays out of subject here and there but theres good info in it

 

[CaptNemo]

Some clowns are easy to mate and some aren't. They are generally annoying and such a pest most of the time. You just have bad luck and got a really mean maroon. I agree with the guy above, put the small one in the cage. The good thing about clowns is that they are tough and heal the wounds very quickly. Just put the small one in the cage and feed it really good so it can get it's strenght back and heal those wound. Let it out after couple days but you have to monitor it while you letting it out. After it it a good asss kicking and slapping from the old maroon, cage it again. After you do this couple times, hopefully you get a pair. I did that before with my maroon and it worked. I think i get lucky because i got an easy going maroon.

Right now i am trying to pair up a true Perc. It is difficult and i still used the method mentioned above. So far after a week already and the old perc still chasing and beating up the newer one. Still no luck at all.

Good luck with your clowns and let us know how it goes.

 

[Icehockey_whino]

update

update

To give an update... After giving the larger clown two weeks of time out, I put them together. She ripped the smaller up pretty bad, but the next day they were swimming around without attacking. Two days after that, they are swimming around pretty much together. Thank heaven, marriage between two humans isn't quite so physically damaging, Monetarily, is another story.

 

[TOURKID]

good to hear