Maroon Clown Pairing

[DreadedReefer]

Maroons and sebae are very challenging with captive breeding. You will either have a pair or a war...… only time would tell

ok. Thanks.

 

[Ryan Turner]

My large maroon has killed 3 "friends" I have purchased for it in the last year, I figured he might want a friend. turned out he didnt. After that adventure he got moved to a 10 by himself with his own BTA. He seems to like being alone and hardly ever leaves his BTA buddy. Now that he is out of the main tank I can get a pair of not maroon jerks to party in the big tank. i love my huge maroon, he looks cool but boy does have attitude. I wasn't aware of the aggressiveness of maroons when I bought him or I would have went a different route.

 

[ColbyBlueAZ]

My large maroon has killed 3 "friends" I have purchased for it in the last year, I figured he might want a friend. turned out he didnt. After that adventure he got moved to a 10 by himself with his own BTA. He seems to like being alone and hardly ever leaves his BTA buddy. Now that he is out of the main tank I can get a pair of not maroon ******** to party in the big tank. i love my huge maroon, he looks cool but boy does have attitude. I wasn't aware of the aggressiveness of maroons when I bought him or I would have went a different route.

Has your maroon always been a lone clown? If so it is probably a she not a he and if your picking the largest of the group at the LFS then your probably buying another female and they will fight and the smaller will usually die

 

[andrewkw]

They are so hard to pair, but it's so rewarding when you finally do get a pair. I can't imagine how happy I'll be once they start laying eggs. Compare this to say Ocellaris, where you just throw 2 in and they will almost certainly pair up.

 

[chizerbunoi]

I had success once the female was mature enough and reach over 5” in length. But it sure is stressful trying to pair them.

 

[Ryan Turner]

Has your maroon always been a lone clown? If so it is probably a she not a he and if your picking the largest of the group at the LFS then your probably buying another female and they will fight and the smaller will usually die

"it"; probably a female was purchased as a pair. They live together for a long time with no issues until the great power outage. Thats when the smaller of the 2 died. I tried getting a bigger clown and I tried 2 smaller ones. The first one small and the last one super super small. I got tired of buying maroons at that point and just figured she or it is a loner.