10 year old Momma Maroon clown died now what?

[torit123]

A bacterial infection took my first first, a huge 5 inch maroon clown who was 10 , I added her mate about 5 years ago. The little guy is miserable, he has 2 anemones so feels safe but how do I go about getting a replacement female, I know a large wild full bellied maroon but my little guy has grown, how much larger do they need to be to dominate as a female and also does the color matter as mine are very dark and the ones I see in LFS are a much brighter orange with yellow stripe. Tank is a 125 long under T-5.

Any warnings or experience?

Tori

[Catchoftheday]

I would say you need to get one that is smaller then the male and what will happen is the male will turn female and the new male will stay male

[Anemone]

When my 9 year old mated female died, I waited about 2-3 months and got another, smaller replacement. When I originally paired the female with the male, she beat the heck out of him, but when I did the new pairing, the male-who-became-female accepted the new arrival with very little drama. Took about 18 months for the new pair to start spawning.

Kevin

[torit123]

Thank you ! Wasn't thinking get smaller and let male become female....I think he'll enjoy being a woman for a while lol, going to wait a bit longer and get a smaller maroon...Thank you again !

[Catchoftheday]

Thank you ! Wasn't thinking get smaller and let male become female....I think he'll enjoy being a woman for a while lol, going to wait a bit longer and get a smaller maroon...Thank you again !
You are welcome and good luck