Paired up

[DJChesnutRabbit]

I've had a true perc for some time now and she's about 3 inches long. My wife and I were at the LFS Sunday and spotted a little guy about an inch long with the EXACT same markings. We picked him up and introduced him. He got picked on a couple times, but way less agression than I anticipated.
This morning I come out to find him in the anemone with her. Yay, 36 hours after his introduction they've paired !!!

The little boy is on the left of the pic.

 

[cowboyswife]

Yay!! Congrats!!

 

[zoomfish1]

Either paired up or tolerated. Hopefully paired. If the little one tail dances and shakes in front of her, then pairing is probably the case.

 

[redvipe2010]

Sweet!

 

[55semireef]

Nice

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9358421#post9358421 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zoomfish1
Either paired up or tolerated. Hopefully paired. If the little one tail dances and shakes in front of her, then pairing is probably the case.

As a matter of fact, he would vibrate his whole body in front of her. Sound good to me.

 

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

Wow. Sounds great!!! I wish my old Clarkii Clowns would have done the same!!! But I sold them to my LFS. They were kind of teaming up on my Royal Gramma at the time. But congrats on the Clowns!!!

 

[tpdpercula]

Awesome!! I know how you feel, I paired my Gold Stripe Maroons this past weekend. Its a great feeling to know that we can play match makers.

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

I'm all kinds of excited !
Now I'll give them a while and do LOTS of reading about breeding. Meanwhile all their tankmates will have an extra food source.

 

[GSMguy]

congrats and dont worry they wont breed too quickly

 

[DaveJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9361852#post9361852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tpdpercula
Awesome!! I know how you feel, I paired my Gold Stripe Maroons this past weekend. Its a great feeling to know that we can play match makers.

I'm curious how you went about it?? I have a very small male that was part of a pair, of which the larger female didn't survive. She died about 6 months after I got them for no apparent reason. The little guy has been by himself in his own tank (minus the cleaner shrimp and a few snails) since then. Did you get a significantly larger or smaller for your existing fish?

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

I went significantly smaller, like half the size of my female. I'm not sure how that works with adding a female. Maybe twice as big ?