pairing

Are my clowns about to lay eggs? Or what are they doing in the video?

I'm preparing to stock my 300 gallon tank build, and looking for pairings that will work well for a cat coral shark tank. I'm debating on moving my tang gang into the 300 gallon from my Waterbed 150.4 and upgrading my seahorse tank to the 150.4. Does anyone know how well a gem, tomini, and...

Hey guys so I currently have what I'm 99% sure is a male Harlequin Shrimp as his tails underside is all white. I absolutely love this guy. They are such fascinating creatures and I really want to get him a mate. I have a steady supply of food from my LFS and I have a large sump with live rock...

Hi all, About a month and a half ago I purchased a Mocha Storm Clownfish “pair” from my job and ever since then the female has never came around to actually pair up with him. She commonly chases him away, charges and “bites” at his sides, they never sleep together and she overall doesn’t...

I have had a Midas Blenny for several months now and he not only has completely dominated my 32AOI, which includes a damsel, in an almost dictator fashion. I was at a loss and going to donate him. I had added a skunk cleaner shrimp about 2 months back and a couple weeks after I added him I had...

Hello Everyone I just wanted to get your thoughts on this clownfish pair that host the corner of the tank, they have been wiggling together a lot and it seems the male has also started chasing the female a lot these past 24 hours , do you think they might be getting ready to have babies ? If so...

So I just got two young Ocellarus clowns, both very small but one significantly bigger, and they're still in QT at the moment (I've been doing tank transfer). They'll be ready for the 32 gallon display tank by May 2 at the soonest since they haven't shown any symptoms of anything so far and are...

Over the last few weeks I’ve acquired not one, but two hybrid maroon clowns! The smaller clown is about 1.5-2” while the larger is 3-3.5”. The smaller clown was a little beat up from the shop, where it’s been for a few months, but it seems strong. I’m attempting to pair them, but there’s been...

Bought 2 maroons last week. One 4 inches long and the other just around 1.75 inches. They were not a pair. Both kept in seperate tanks. I put them in a bare tank that I recently took down and set back up. I did this thinking if the female has nothing to “protect” in the tank, she wont be so...

Have had 2 gladiator clowns for almost 3 months now and are still fighting. Similar in size but one is slighter smaller and gets picked on through out the day. He turns white as well. But overall health is good and eats. Got him out the back chambers about 5 times now even with a guard over the...

Hi! Just want to check that things are normal when the bigger one (most likely female) is doing it’s submissive dance to the smaller one. I’ve only heard that it only happens the other way round. It’s been a month since i’ve added them and the smaller one stays near the top and the bigger one is...

Would it make sense that one of my clownfish is getting larger now that I added a smaller one to the tank. It hasn't been growing at all but ever since I added another clownfish my first has increased in size and It's pretty noticeable.

Hello all. I’ve been cycling a new innovative marine 20 gallon encore (two10g fused together). I just recently reached a point where I was able to introduce a pair of ocellaris clowns to one side (10g) with the intent of pairing them and later moving them to my 50 gallon mixed reef build upon...

Hey Reefers! Over the weekend my LFS had a customer appreciation event where a few different pairs of fish, assorted gear and in-store credit were given away. I happened to win a set of Lightening Maroon Clownfish. I have an empty but cycling 65 gallon tank that they will be going in. They are...

Tank Currently: 1 two-spot goby 2 anemones (+snails, hermits, & an emerald crab) Tank Goals: 2 clowns 2 red firefish gobies (heard they need to be a pair?) 2 mandarin gobies 1 pistol shrimp 1 watchman goby 1 other shrimp? (sexy / fire?) Pressing question - would an orchid dottyback be a...

Is it feasible to diffuse the aggressive behavior or an existing female clownfish by adding 2+ suitors from a school of small juvenile clowns, and then removing those that do not pair up with her?

Hello everybody, I am setting up an IM Nuvo 10 gallon nano, and for my stocking I was wondering if I could keep 2 Randall’s pistols and a yasha Goby together. I’m not sure if the two pistols will fight? Most people it seems to work out for them but I want to make sure, thanks.

So I’ve been in the saltwater game for about 2 years (I’m an amateur, but I’m learning) my first fish was a gold stripe maroon clown. She was in my first saltwater tank (40 gallons) then we moved her to a 75 gallon with a yellow tang and some chromis. Then we got her to host her first green bta...

Hi, I recently added two yellow gobies to my nano tank (63 litres). They started fine but after couple of days the larger one claimed the rock and chases the smaller one, whenever it gets near it! I don’t think the smaller one has suffered any injuries yet but it ends up staying at the top...

Hey everyone, I have decided to get my clownfish (male) a new mate since the female died in qt. The male clown is very adventurous. The tank is around 50 gallons around 3 feet long. They are 4-5 cm .The new clown is almost the same size and when i plopped him in he old clown went straight for...

maybe this is something that happens in a lot of tanks, but we are so excited about this little pairing. we’ve tried to re pair our hifin goby with another hifin (after a gorilla crab killed it’s original first friend) & shrimp and failed so we found another tiny candy cane pistol shrimp & said...

Hello there, no need for Tang police here, I understand about having a lot of tangs together. But I have a Tomini and a yellow tang that are besties, I'd like to add a third one but I don't know which would be as pacific.... Can you help me sort the 4 families of tangs and give me your favorite...

I have these two clownfish who have been in the same tank for about a month and at first their pairing habits weren’t worrisome but now it’s getting a little worrying. My WW clown runs the tank while my vivid stays hidden in a crevasse under a rock until the lights turn out and comes out to...

I know you can get a watchman goby and a pistol shrimp as a pair but I have also heard that each species of shrimp goby has a certain species of pistol shrimp that pairs with it. If this is true, what are the common pairings? Also is the pairing something I can do myself?- meaning can I...

I have a misbar black clownfish and a caramel clown, the black clown is much bigger. Ive noticed they've started sleeping in the same area of the tank. Is that a good indication that they have paired? They’ve only been together for 2-3 days at this point, and I’ve heard it can sometimes be hard...