Maroon x Percula ?

[miniwhinny]

I have a random question. Does anyone know if a maroon and perc have ever been crossed? Would a mature maroon accept an immature perc as a mate or are they too aware that they are different?

I know someone is going to ask "why" so here's why - I have a mature maroon, but would love to also have a perc. so I'm wondering if there's anyway of pairing them so I can have one of each.

 

[garygb]

I've never heard of them breeding together. One is in the genus Amphiprion and one is in the genus Premnas. I would expect the maroon to terrorize the percula and possibly kill it.

 

[skinnykenny]

I bought 2 small maroons a couple of months ago but 1 died within the 1st 2 weeks. I had hopes they would get big and pair up. I bought them out of town. I wanted percs but they were out of them and the maroons were on sale.
3 weeks ago the only LFS got a big shipment of over 60 tank raised percs and they were 1/2 normal price. I remember reading someplace that any type of clowns can pair up so I bought a perc. They have both been in my 55 for a few weeks now and they don't pay much attention to each other. The perc is a little bigger than the maroon. The couple of weeks that the 2 maroons were together, they stayed side by side but I figure they were raised together from birth since they were tank bred also. I asked on here a week or so ago and only got 2 replies that both said someday the maroon will kill the perc. They are both happy juvis now so I just decided to take my chances and wait to see what happens.

 

[NCSUsalt]

^ you'll have a while, and you'll notice the maroon getting aggressive which should give you plenty of time to get the perc out.

 

[phender]

There have been crosses of maroons and ocellaris that have produced babies. In one of the cases both maroon and ocellaris started out small and I think the ocellaris became the female.

 

[Arati]

Bets of luck to you, I tried it a few years back and one day the Maroon killed the O while I was at work. I would think it more likely an O then a true perc just based on the adult size of a male true perc.

http://www.proaquatix.com/speciesdetail.asp?ID=46

 

[garygb]

Good to know that Phender, I haven't seen any pics of those. Pretty fish I'll bet.

 

[miniwhinny]

Oh thanks everyone. I know it's hard enough to pair 2 maroons so that's probably what I'll end up doing but it is interesting to know that a cross has been made.