Quick question.

[danschargers21]

About a month ago I got a crispa with 2 clarkii clowns. One a little bigger then the other to take the female role. Well they have yet to pair. Recently, the larger of the two has just starting hosting the crispa, and now will never leave it. Are the chance of those two clowns pairing out the window now? Or may I wake up one morning to find the little guy in the crispa as well? (hoping)

 

[mr9iron]

About a month ago I got a crispa with 2 clarkii clowns. One a little bigger then the other to take the female role. Well they have yet to pair. Recently, the larger of the two has just starting hosting the crispa, and now will never leave it. Are the chance of those two clowns pairing out the window now? Or may I wake up one morning to find the little guy in the crispa as well? (hoping)

I would give it some time and see what happens. Do they spend any time near each other or has she exiled him to some other area of the tank?

 

[G4546]

Only time will tell, just continue to observe and document the behaviour. I find that the documentation of your reef keeping helps out a lot in the long run. Post a picture for us, sounds like a nice little set up you gave those two Clarkii! Great question from mr9iron...

 

[danschargers21]

I will take a picture tomorrow. He is kinda exiled. Before I got the crispa they did spend some daylight hours with each other, she did chase him around quite a bit, never biting. They did sleep on opposite sides of the overflow which was kinda funny, but made me think she wasnt going to take him.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Would give it some more time.

A couple of years ago I picked up a WC Perc pair. They were doing great until the female started being hosted by the anemone. At that point she exiled the male to the top corner of the tank. A couple of weeks later she let him into the anemone, and they started spawning about 9 months after that.

Just make sure that your top is covered, in case the female gets really bad and the male tries to jump -- have had that happen in the past.

 

[danschargers21]

I never thought about getting a screen lid I might have to. All the chasing has stopped now that she does not leave the anemone.

You can see she is very happy and he is just chilling off to the side by himself haha.

 

[phender]

First of all, they are not clarki clowns. They look like black ocellaris.
Second, if she hasn't killed him there is always a chance that they will become a pair.
I had 2 akindynos for about 2 years that showed no pair behavior. I put an anemone in and the female went in, but the male didn't show much interest. After a year the male started hanging out more and more around the anemone. When he finally got in, they spawned within a week.

 

[davocean]

Agree w/ Phender, just the fact she lets the male hang out that close is a good sign they may pair, patience.

 

[danschargers21]

Thats great to hear that good news! Thanks