Question regarding my clowns

GT350pwns

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Sorry about the blurry cell shot!

Curious to see if anyone has some insight as to whether or not my clowns are on the road to pairing up. I bought two oscellaris clowns to be my first fish in my new set up. One is a snowflake, the other a darwin. The snowflake had been the smaller member of a pair that was split up about 3 days prior to me purchasing him(?) and the darwin was the largest out of the bunch she(?) was in.

My biggest question is would the snowflake had begun to change into a female while being housed by himself?

The two were apprehensive of each other the first few hours in the tank. Now, they seem to be together about 80% of the time and as I am typing this the snowflake has been doing a lot of his shaking in front of the larger darwin. I've been unable to see if they have been sharing the same spot at night, but they do tend to gravitate toward the heater and a particular cave within my aquascaping and will kind of sit there with each other.

What does RC think?
 
It's doubtful that the snowflake would begin to change from male to female within 3 days. If the snowflake is being submissive to the black ocellaris, then it seems you are on your way to a pair.
 
Update on these two. The power head is playing host to them right now as my tank isn't mature enough for a nem yet, woke up this morning before work and stole a glance at them while they were sleeping. Right next to each other in the corner next to the power head! Really excited about this!
 
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