How long have you kept a new clown in the acclimation box?

[Chrisv.]

There seems to be a consensus that the best way to add a second clownfish to a tank with an established clownfish is to pick a juvenile clown as your new addition, and to put the juvenile in an acclimation box for some period of time, then release it I to the tank.

How long have you kept your juvenile clown in fish-jail? Did your fish survive the aggression from the established fish?

Discuss in the comments!

 

[blaxsun]

Straight into the tank. Survived for 6+ months until it changed sex and the female bumped it off.

 

[Tamale]

Straight into the tank. Survived for 6+ months until it changed sex and the female bumped it off.

Ever figure out why it changed sex when a female was already in the tank?? That really sucks!

 

[blaxsun]

Ever figure out why it changed sex when a female was already in the tank?? That really sucks!

No - never did. All friends one minute and frenemies the next...