Single or Pair

[JTL]

Do many people just have one clown or do most of you have a pair?

 

[velvetelvis]

I've always kept them in pairs. I think they're happier that way, and it's fun watching them interact. The one exception was a lone maroon clown that I kept briefly, but that was only because maroons are harder to pair than many other species (or so I've heard, anyway).

 

[Boundless]

I plan to go pair just because am interested in how they spawn and to also see if I can raise a batch of them for fun.

 

[gregmoeck]

bought 2 tank raised from premium aquatics along with some other fish,they have since bonded, one female and one male, they do the shake and dance, soon i will have eggs. Put a green bubble tip in there with them however since they are tank raised they dont know what an anenome is and wont even get close to it.

 

[clowns101]

Ive always kept them in pairs!Nice to see the interactions as said before!They do seem happier too!

 

[velvetelvis]

Put a green bubble tip in there with them however since they are tank raised they dont know what an anenome is and wont even get close to it.

I'm no marine biologist, but I think this is a myth. Being hosted by an anemone is an instinct evolved over millions of years. I don't think even a few decades of captive-bred ancestry are enough to eradicate something that comes naturally to them.

 

[TheGreekReefer]

Pairs for sure

Here's why

 

[jenjen]

I had a single osc in my tank for nearly 2 yrs. I set up a second tank and put a pair of clarkii's in it, and after seeing them interact decided to add a little boyfriend for my single osc. They paired immediately (gotta love osc's!) and she now seems 'happier', ifi fish can seem happy. I will always keep clowns in pairs from now on.

 

[KJHLCH]

I also have 1 osc, which Ive had for 3 years and seems to be happy. So it is possible to add another one to the tankt? I've always been told, that you have to introduce them as pairs.

 

[WDLV]

For common clowns, pairs are the way to go for above stated reasons.

For uncommon clowns, I do pairs where possible. Or else I do "temporary" pairings with similar species.

eg:
A. latezonatus + A. polymnus

A. thiellei + A. sandaracinos.

 

[mstng67]

My perc. (now over 8 years old) paired up with a osc. a year or two ago. Now they are busy every couple of weeks.

 

[velvetelvis]

I also have 1 osc, which Ive had for 3 years and seems to be happy. So it is possible to add another one to the tankt? I've always been told, that you have to introduce them as pairs.

Juvenile CB ocellaris are commonly available both at LFSs and online. Yours is undoubtedly female by now, so if you introduce a small juvenile (the ones I've seen are usually about 1"-1.5" long) they should form a pair without much trouble. My pair of B&W ocellaris were both almost the same size when I got them a week or so apart, but they've already "decided" on their respective sexes and are forming a pair.

 

[velvetelvis]

TheGreekReefer, I just realized what we're supposed to be looking at--congratulations!