replacing male clown after female killed him...

[Dayson]

I have a fully grown pretty large Picasso clown. She recently killed her mate after about two years. I would like to get her another mate but I am scared she will just kill this one too. Please advise....

I was thinking about adding a young snowflake to the mix.

 

[TrevorHenry]

Is anything hosting them?

 

[Dayson]

Not currently. They were being hosted by an anemone but I lost it in a recent move.

 

[hotelbravo]

i wouldnt advise adding a different species like the snowflake which is an ocellaris and yours is a percula. while they can and do pair they dont always stay on the same page in the courtship since they do not give off the same signals and having an already overly aggressive female would make that problematic imo.

if your going to replace the male do so with another percula to allow easier courtship

 

[Customride0105]

I'd try getting her another mate but what made her turn on the old one. When you get the new one pull them both out of the tank and place in qt tank. Rearrange the display so the female won't feel so dominate and kill this one also.

 

[shotgun mcquade]

I have a black snowflake thats been in the tank little over a month, very docile doesnt get scared when i have to put my hands in the tank just stays where its at. Recently added a fancy oc that i had taken off a friends hands (mostly black suprisingly) that is a little smaller than the resident snowflake. Only been a few days but they are dancing with each other the snowflake seems to be the nippy one so far wont leave each others side. Just wondering any insight or experience with mixing species. Thanks

 

[addictedreefer]

I have a black snowflake thats been in the tank little over a month, very docile doesnt get scared when i have to put my hands in the tank just stays where its at. Recently added a fancy oc that i had taken off a friends hands (mostly black suprisingly) that is a little smaller than the resident snowflake. Only been a few days but they are dancing with each other the snowflake seems to be the nippy one so far wont leave each others side. Just wondering any insight or experience with mixing species. Thanks

You didn't mix species. Snowflakes are a color mutation of an ordinary ocellaris.

 

[shotgun mcquade]

Ok thanks i couldnt remember if snowflakes were ocs or percs