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Mike
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Mike asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

when do ocellaris clown fish start breeding?

Got a pair of black and white clowns. Still young, maybe 2 inches long. At what age will they start mating?

Update:

If "maturity" where the correct answer then a lot less people would be mating. The best way to answer a question that you know nothing about is to not answer.

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  • Marbie
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    First they have to determine the most aggressive one and establish which will be the female. However, I was unable to find out the exact age of when this happens. Once that is established and you have a smaller male and a larger female, they are considered mature and it's only a matter of time before they feel comfortable enough in the tank to mate (a few months usually). The male will dance in front of the female, signaling that he is ready and they will clean the rock that they've chosen for the eggs.

    A friend of mine has two clowns that he got young and they fought for a few months. Finally they are established and the male has been dancing for her, so it's really after they establish dominance and then whenever they are comfortable enough to mate.

  • 5 years ago

    hi- Clown fish are semi-aggressive. in case you're making plans on a 20g long aquarium, get fake Percula Clownfish or Ocellaris Clownfish, the Nemo form. They improve as much as 3.5 inches. a great actuality approximately them is they alter intercourse. the main dominant one will substitute into the female. it quite is often the bigger one. it quite is not constantly the case regardless of the shown fact that. I easily have a 10 gallon with 2 clown, 3 chromises, 2 emerald crabs a mexican swifter snail and an astrea snail. i understand, some human beings could say it quite is too small for that many, yet I easily have a secret (which isn't probably one, yet few human beings understand roughly it). don't get coral now. you need to have a nicely generic tank before you introduce them. they're too delicate. i'm making plans on getting a 30g to have corals and anemones ... What you could need is stay sand and approximately 5 lbs of stay rocks (for a 20g). The sand mattress must be a minimum of a million.5 inch. 2 is greater helpful. Get RO water. greater helpful to play it risk-free once you start up anew. And the secret's to get a kit of AquaBella bio enzyme, which you will use to cycle your tank. It has each and all the essential micro organism and enzymes your tank will prefer. the great element is which you will not ought to alter water (i'm very almost 5 months in and no water substitute, no filter out substitute). I had FW and heard how specific SW tanks are. yet in my opinion, and probably it quite is using aquabella micro organism and enzymes, regardless of if it quite is been a breeze ... i wish this enables.

  • hudes
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Breeding Ocellaris Clownfish

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    When they reach maturity.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    maturity

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