Clownfish Age and Sizing

[evan-beachouse-45]

Im just curious and haven't seen anything on the internet about juv to adult clownfish growth. I wanna know if there is an average size of clowns at 1 year old, 2 years old and full grown? I have a clownfish (snow onyx) that is 2.25 inches from mouth to end of her tail and I'm wondering how old she may be. Thank you to anyone who has insight on their growth + age!!

 

[Hyde2406]

Mine are 8 years old she's probably about 3/3.5 inches. .. the toad stool is about 6/7 inches across

 

[reefhobbiest]

Im just curious and haven't seen anything on the internet about juv to adult clownfish growth. I wanna know if there is an average size of clowns at 1 year old, 2 years old and full grown? I have a clownfish (snow onyx) that is 2.25 inches from mouth to end of her tail and I'm wondering how old she may be. Thank you to anyone who has insight on their growth + age!!

From what I’ve read your 2 inch clown is about a year old maybe a yr 1/2 I have a snowflake and orange storm and the snowflakes trying to pair doing all types of hoe **** (she’s for the streets) and the orange storms is chillin cause he’s still too young I’m sure he’s about 6 months at least no more then a 10 months for sure for sure

 

[D-Nak]

There is absolutely no direct correlation between size and age. As an example, for percula/ocellaris, the male is typically smaller than the female. But if at 5 years into the relationship the female were to die, and the male becomes a female, that fish may suddenly have a growth spurt. There would be no way to determine the age of that fish at that point.

 

[Hairyteeth]

There is absolutely no direct correlation between size and age. As an example, for percula/ocellaris, the male is typically smaller than the female. But if at 5 years into the relationship the female were to die, and the male becomes a female, that fish may suddenly have a growth spurt. There would be no way to determine the age of that fish at that point.

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Depends on how bad a ***** beats her hoe

 

[Tahoe61]

I had a pair of Lighting Maroons for over 6 yrs, the female got huge, around 5 inches or more, the male of the pair not even two. I purchased them as a pair, they were roughly an inch when I got the pair.

 

[TommyF]

There is absolutely no direct correlation between size and age. As an example, for percula/ocellaris, the male is typically smaller than the female. But if at 5 years into the relationship the female were to die, and the male becomes a female, that fish may suddenly have a growth spurt. There would be no way to determine the age of that fish at that point.

I agree with D-Nak’s comment.

For those who are interested, I’ve attached a paper discussing the competitive growth of percula clownfish reared in an aquarium system. The authors showed that juvenile clownfish paired with a size-matched reproductive rival increase their growth rate and size relative to a solitary control and that one individual of the pair grew faster than the other (Fig. 2), despite that paired individuals were provided with the same amount of food as the solitary control. The same pattern was observed in the wild (Fig. 1).

In Section 2(a), the authors make an interesting comment that “removal of non-breeders [in the wild] is considered a sustainable practice,” though they provide no support.