Missmatched clowns

[beef1978]

Two weeks ago I introduced to small Pecular clowns to my tank, however one died virtually overnight from either stress or some kind of fungus (as previously determined).
So hoping to replace the one that died and ensuring that the one on its own still had a chance to pair up, I rushed out and bought another from a dodgy shop, and turns out I have an Ocellaris. It is a fair bit bigger so likely to be female, and the original Pecular has been doing the sex change dance a bit.
However we have noticed that just after a week the larger Ocellaris is picking on the smaller Pecular pretty bad with nicks out of its fins.

Question:

1. Should i remove the larger less attractive Ocellaris and replace with a larger Pecular.
2. Should i remove the larger Ocellaris and replace with a smaller Pecular.
3. Shoud I remove the Ocellaris and leave the Pecular by itself and let it be lonely.
4. Should i remove the Ocellaris and replace with a Anemone?

Your thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Stipe]

1. No this will still maek them both females.

2.yes this would be wise, but place the mail in a net or clear jar and float him (after you acumulate him) in the tank, if the female attackes hte jar liek crazy, oops time to go back to the shop and get another and try again. If all else fails, get rid of her and buy a pair

3.this would be best, but who lieks a lonsome clown?

4. anemones do not need clowns to be healthy and vise versa, so i would say no unless you can support one.

 

[SWfan]

It's very easy to pair up a single clown. I've done it numerous times. What you should do is get rid of the Ocellaris. Then wait awhile until your Percula morphs into a female.

After the change is complete, go back to a reputable LFS and find a tank with a large quantity of Perculas in the same tank. Find a nice healthy small Perc from that tank. Finding a small one will give you much greater odds of it being a male.

Acclimate the new guy and introduce him to the female. Give them a couple of years and they'll hopefully start breeding.

Good luck.