Pairing gold stripe maroon clowns...pics and videos

[fla_tony]

So i have been trying to get some gs maroons to pair. I've read the difficulties of doing so and was determined i could do it. So i had my one gs maroon w/ its rbta for one day before i found another of a similar size. I had them separated in the tank, the new one was in a container. Well after a full day of being in there he managed to get out while i was at work and the resident clown had banged him up pretty bad. I got him out asap and put him in a qt. My lfs had a larger maroon that was believed to be a female. So i gave them my clown for them to treat and keep in quarantine. He was swimming fine before i ever got him to the lfs. Now he is swimming 99% eating and interacting with other fish fine, with no infections. So the female came home with me. After acclimating her i put her in a container and moved her around the tank throughout the day for 5 days. I started to notice the little guy swimming next to the container with her. So finally last night i had the guts to let her out. She was very calm and just swam around while the little guy was excited and charged at her a few times but never made contact. She went to the rbta almost instantly which frustrated the little male. Then she started showing signs dominance. The difference in the actions of the large female and the small male was she was bumping him not biting him. He would do his submissive shake and she would leave him alone this continued, but she wasn't showing aggression just dominance. As where with the two of the same size they were fighting and fins were getting torn off. So she would let him come in the nem with her and still push him around a little but so far so good they are getting along. This morning i woke up and shined a flash light to check on the two of them and they where both nestled up in the nem together!!!! I really hope this behavior continues and gets better i will keep you guys updated but its looking good!!

Here are some pics and a couple videos:

in the container:

in the container again:

she went right to the rbta:

the two getting along:

this morning in the rbta together:

again the morning in the rbta:

video of her being dominant:
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video of this morning in the rbta together:
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[fla_tony]

I haven't seen them since this morning before i left for work and my fiance just sent me a video of the two of them. They are taking turns playing in the rbta and getting along great she said. I think i've made some progress!!

 

[deangelr]

looks like you will be all set..

 

[fla_tony]

They are still getting along well. I hope this worked. after reading all the difficulties in doing this i think i just got lucky. I think that having the smaller male first in the tank to get territorial before the female had a lot to do with it. If the female was in the tank first i think things would have gone a lot differently.

 

[bexar]

We've had a pair of GSM clowns for over a year, always wondering why people say they're so agressive. Ours have always been extremely calm and easy going fish. So much that we transfered them into a tank with small false perculas about 6 months ago. The female is a woppin' 7 inches.

All has been well until just recently.

The female, I would say, is becoming highly aggressive toward the small false percs. In fact, I just had to remove them because she was swimming around with one in her mouth. There was no doubt she was tossing it around to eat it. Does this sound like she's ready to spawn or has she finally shown her true colors (gone GSM nuts)?!

 

[myreef62]

I have just paired up my GSM clowns and i had the small male in the tank first and then added the larger female she chased him and nipped at him the first day but on the second day they started doing the corting thing the little male was doing that shimmy thing i think i will soon have a mated pair.