Cross-Breeding Clowns

[Urabggr]

Hi, ever since my little a. ocellaris's mate jump out of the tank and into the carpet, I have been looking for a replacement for my poor bachelorette. Since my LFS hasn't gotten any (small) perculas in lately, I've been looking into cross breeding. The other species of clownfish I am most interested in is the maroon clown. However, I have noticed that these grow much larger than other clowns and are actually of a different genus (Premnas instead of the usual Amphiprion). Would it be possible to cross-breed these two types of clownfish together? Has anyone had any experience with this? Or, does anyone know of some good articles, etc. on this topic? If the maroon clown is physically impossible, what about maybe a black onyx percula or a tomato clown. Those are the other two types that I am interested in. Any help or imput would be greatly appreciated because I am very interested in doing something like this. Thanks!

[tims]

dont really know much if anything about breeding.
here is an article on it. also there is a book about it too.

http://www.petstation.com/clownfish.html

http://www.netpets.org/fish/referenc.../brdclown.html

the book.
HTH

[hankstanks]

They will not cross breed. A maroon will most likely kill your bachelor.

Also, if in fact they were mated and the larger one jumped out (Female) then most likely your little bachelor is becoming a Bachlorette by now. They morph from Male to female.

Dont mix clowns if the tank is small and dont mix them with hopes that they would match up. They wont. They might not fight but they certinally become a mated pair.

[Cosine]

i've heard of it being done and I think I've heard of it being done with a maroon and either an perc or oscie.
But I've only heard about this, never done it myself or seen it frist hand...
I wouldn't try it with a maroon though however maybe since they have a tough rep. it may be able to survive aggression from your established fish...
try some searches and see if you can find any references to it
personally I'd wait for a small perc to come in

[Urabggr]

Thanks for the help guys. The living clown is the female (bachelorette)... I know all about the sex morph etc. I'll do some more resaerch on breeding.

[tims]

if you do get them to breed i want a cigar!