gawf4fun
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For some time I've been wanting to attempt to pair my 3.5" - 4" yellow stripe maroon clown that's been living in my rose bubble tip anenome for well over a year. I've had the clown for probably 3 years now and he's been a real meanie, so I was quite concerned since he's never allowed another fish to get comfortable in the 20 ish gallon pentagon tank, with the exception of an algae blenny I've had in there for a couple months.
After soliciting feedback in another thread, I called every LFS only to learn that noone had a small yellow stripe maroon. I've heard yellow stripes are rare among tank raised, so I decided to try a white stripe maroon to be politically and environmentally correct.
What follows is my documented efforts of this pairing.
Here is a look at the rose and current inhabitant.
He's been quite a brat with other fish as well as my hand when I clean the inside of the tank. Here is a full tank shot which is narrowed to just the front viewing panel because of the distortion of the curved acrylic of the pentagon
I found the white stripe at Petco (I know), and figure he's just about an inch and a bit. Here he (hopefully) is acclimatizing to the tank. You'll notice that the anenome has shrunk back behind the rockwork as he usually does when I clean the inside acrylic for maintenance and/or clearer pictures.
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I read on several pairing threads to put a clear bottle with holes cut in it, into the tank to allow the small clown to seek protection away from the big one. I used a 1 liter bottle with probably 10 holes cut in about the size of the smaller fish. Here I'm adding the small clown to the bottle.
After placing the bottle in the tank, the new white stripe swam in the bottle for about a minute or so...the yellow stripe showed some interest in the new guy, but no aggression at all. I was optimistic.
Shortly thereafter, the white stripe ventured outside the safety bottle and after 3 minutes of submissive behavior, such as sideways shaking, they have been buddies and have been hanging out close together in the deflated anenome.
I am waiting for my rose to come back to full size after the acrylic scrub to take some more pictures for our viewing pleasure. At this point, I am cautiously optimistic and hopeful that this marriage and the honeymoon endures.
After soliciting feedback in another thread, I called every LFS only to learn that noone had a small yellow stripe maroon. I've heard yellow stripes are rare among tank raised, so I decided to try a white stripe maroon to be politically and environmentally correct.
What follows is my documented efforts of this pairing.
Here is a look at the rose and current inhabitant.
He's been quite a brat with other fish as well as my hand when I clean the inside of the tank. Here is a full tank shot which is narrowed to just the front viewing panel because of the distortion of the curved acrylic of the pentagon
I found the white stripe at Petco (I know), and figure he's just about an inch and a bit. Here he (hopefully) is acclimatizing to the tank. You'll notice that the anenome has shrunk back behind the rockwork as he usually does when I clean the inside acrylic for maintenance and/or clearer pictures.
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I read on several pairing threads to put a clear bottle with holes cut in it, into the tank to allow the small clown to seek protection away from the big one. I used a 1 liter bottle with probably 10 holes cut in about the size of the smaller fish. Here I'm adding the small clown to the bottle.
After placing the bottle in the tank, the new white stripe swam in the bottle for about a minute or so...the yellow stripe showed some interest in the new guy, but no aggression at all. I was optimistic.
Shortly thereafter, the white stripe ventured outside the safety bottle and after 3 minutes of submissive behavior, such as sideways shaking, they have been buddies and have been hanging out close together in the deflated anenome.
I am waiting for my rose to come back to full size after the acrylic scrub to take some more pictures for our viewing pleasure. At this point, I am cautiously optimistic and hopeful that this marriage and the honeymoon endures.
