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01-09-2007, 06:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: oregon
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2 False Perculas
I want to add 2 false percs to my tank, all of the clowns down at the lfs are very tiny roughly 3/4 of and inch. If I buy 2 of them will i have problems with fighting? do they have to be a mated pair?
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55gal reef, CL SS 125, 260w PC, Aqua Clear 70, MJ 1200, 65 lbs reef bones,
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01-09-2007, 07:32 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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What size tank?55?If you do get two different sizes.And have a lot of hiding spaces.
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01-09-2007, 08:12 PM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Reef, at 3/4" they don't even know what they are just yet. Much less a mated pair.
Pick out the two that are the brightest colored, not shy, eating well, and curious about every thing.
At that size - 3/4" - just a little bit of size difference will help too.
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01-09-2007, 10:03 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: conklin
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ya like spanky said, false percs change their sex later, and according to what other false perc is in the tank. Also the more dominant, aggresive bigger fish is usually the female when they do decide what sex they are going to be, then the other will be the male. Also i was told by a couple of people that if you have a clown that already had a mate and one died or got taken out of the tank from its mate, it can adapt to another mate.
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01-10-2007, 09:50 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: oregon
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Ok my tank is a 55, I set it up with lots of hiding places, and I need to make sure I get two different sizes, Thanx
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55gal reef, CL SS 125, 260w PC, Aqua Clear 70, MJ 1200, 65 lbs reef bones,
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01-17-2007, 11:49 AM
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squid
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: tampa fl.
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i would say to get the bigest one thier and the smallest that would give you a better chance of them pairing up so they wont fight
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01-17-2007, 11:59 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Sedalia, Mo
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At that size it won't even matter if they are exactly the same size. One will change sexes at some point. You will know because the female will start outgrowing the male very quickly!
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03-10-2007, 02:22 AM
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squid
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: The Great White North
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I just bought 2 at the same size you are looking at the only difference between them is the color. One is really an orange orange and the other is more of a tan orange if that makes sense. I originally had 2 of the orange orange but one died a couple of days after I got them he just would not eat. So the remaining one started to hang out with a large coral banded shrimp. He would swim about an inch above the shrimps head and just hang out there all day. So I bought a second one now they are buddies and swim side by side all the time. |
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03-10-2007, 11:12 PM
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Great TANG LOVER!
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jefferson City, MO
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I have had trouble getting small tank bred clowns to live. I finally paid more for mediums and they did fine. I have noticed that many online fish people are now calling small clowns difficult shippers. Think they could be inbreeding them in captivity??
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