Pairing

[dexter91]

How to understand whether clownfishes have paired or not....??!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

How to understand whether clownfishes have paired or not....??!!

Have you seen one asserting dominance to the other at all? Example would be one laying on its side and making a quick twitching motion, and the other one beating up on that one. Or is one clown noticeably larger than the other?

 

[davocean]

Well, bonded is the term used for 2 that are getting along, male and female, and not bonding is usually pretty obvious as a female will beat the snot out of the male, probably killing it unless you intervene, so if you have 2 in tank that seem to be getting along, they could be considered a bonded pair.

When they spawn they are considered a mated pair.

 

[dexter91]

Well, bonded is the term used for 2 that are getting along, male and female, and not bonding is usually pretty obvious as a female will beat the snot out of the male, probably killing it unless you intervene, so if you have 2 in tank that seem to be getting along, they could be considered a bonded pair.

When they spawn they are considered a mated pair.

Both have bonded... not beating each other

 

[dexter91]

Have you seen one asserting dominance to the other at all? Example would be one laying on its side and making a quick twitching motion, and the other one beating up on that one. Or is one clown noticeably larger than the other?

I added a smaller one.... though i have seen some growth in the older one