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I'll answer this one, Simply NO
once a clown changes into a female they cannot change back. A male can turn into a female if the need should occur. But once they turn into a she they cannot turn back. Sorry, Also if a clown is kept singly it will USUALLY (not always 100%) turn into the female and remember once they are females they cannot turn back. JHardman wrote a bit about this subject, The thread was called sexing clownfish. I would recommend reading J wilkerson's book on clownfish.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by ezhoops Sorry, Also if a clown is kept singly it will USUALLY (not always 100%) turn into the female and remember once they are females they cannot turn back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you care to sight your references for this? John, here is my references JHARDMAN wrote on 7/15/2003 (thread titled Sexing clownfish) "Q: What is the nature of clownfish in terms of gender? A: Clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites. Clownfish are hatched sexually immature or in other words sexless, neither male or female. This in the simplest of terms means that they change sex from sexless to male to female. This is a one way trip; sexless to male never to be sexless again and male to female never to male again. They may spend their entire life as a sexually immature fish depending on their environment." "Examples of Clownfishes sex change. A single clownfish kept by it's self: if a single clownfish is kept by it's self it will become a female clownfish." Another source "Once a clownfish becomes male, it cannot return to being an adolescent again. Further, if the clownfishes's social surrounding lacks a female, the hormonal balance then changes in the male......This hormonal shift causes the male fish to grow more and become more aggressive, and he soon develops ovaries and becomes a functioning female. Once a clownfish becomes a female, she is permanently female and can never again be a functioning male......this entire conversion in gender can be completed in a month or less. This sequential sexuality is called Protandrous (Prot=first;androus=male) hermaphroditism." Joyce D. Wilkerson "Clownfishes p.134" Eric
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Oh, sorry (that was me being unsure of it) I was kind of wondering if you might have forgotten what YOU had wrote. Simple misunderstanding. BTW thats for the quick response regarding the GSM's they are doing OK so far.
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regarding my GSM with WSM. They have coexisted for the past 4 days. The male has some minor fin tears but the worst is over. Are they entirely safe together now or is it still possible she could kill him? Also, will they slowly couple up?
Last question, I remember reading that males are typically brightly colored, this male WSM is very chocolate colored, is it possible that I could have a small female in thier (again he is a WC) but has very dark coloring. Would my GSM allow a female into territory? (she is a very laid back GSM.) Thanks, for all you advice
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Well, they had a minor very quick jaw thing going for a milli-second when he was first released into the tank.
he is very submissive, not shivering though, but just stays in the corner top of the tank and will sometimes swim near her for a second and then she chases him (no bites, just chases) to his corner, he is eating ,not well , but eating. I hope things will progress, and what is the typical time period for the female to totally accept him (I realize all clowns are different but what is average)
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I will have to sit down and watch them again for a while but I did not see any quivering. he did when he was first released in to the tank and even in specimen container, but now I haven't seen him quivering in a while.
I'll keep my fingers crossed
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Has anybody ever had success with buying two small GBM clowns? and if no why wouldn't work.
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IMO it is important to add that you may want to let the male (in the specimen container) stay inside the container for a day or two before actually releasing him. It took mine female 5 days before she allowed him to be released into the tank and will still occasionally give him a little beating.
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Hey... I was just wondering why you said that you should not attempt the grow out technique for pairing maroon clowns? Im still in research mode, as I will not be able to set up my first marine tank until fall of 2004... I would like to have some clowns and anenomes in the tank. It will be a 35 gallon with a 20 gallon sump (most likely) as I have both of these tanks that arent in use. Would a 35 (3'*1'*18"tall) be too small to keep a pair of maroons?
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have you ever had anybody try the grow out technique with gsm clowns. my friend recently bought two small gsm clown and they seem to be doing fine. I was just wondering if they would end up killing each other in the near future. By they way they have been in the same tank for about two months now.
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The odds are against success and may result in damaged fish even if they do eventually pair bond. Again for example the female of that pair I mentioned has two holes in her dorsal fin and the male has a funky mouth from hitting something hard like rocks or glass. Even to this day the female is VERY rough on him, especially at spawning time. I feel sorry for the guy, he gets the **** beat out of him every two weeks. And to top that off, she will not let him out of nest tending to eat. |
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thanks for the info
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Tomato Clowns
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Well done with this very informitive thread i have a few questions in regard to pairing Tomato clowns. I had a pair of Amphiprion rubrocinctus one was about a inch and a half and the other was a tad longer then 2 inches the larger fish was heavily built and i presumed female. i have them in a 180 gallon reef tank that has good water quality and lots of quadricolor anenomes i collected them as a pair and they hit it off straight away sharing there anenomes and fanning my dsb on occasions they have been in the system for almost a year without any eggs laid. I became impatient after having been culturing phyto and rots for around 6 months so i did the unthinkable i added 6 more fish to the system 5 where smaller then my male but one was a brute around 3 and a half inches. I was amazed at how the fish sorted all there probs out in 24 hours all the small fish have taken residence up at the other end off the tank and the 2 larger fish had taken over the majority off the anenomes on the other end of the tank. So what happened to the previous pair well the larger fish which i thought was female has paired up with the godzilla tomatoe they share there anenomes and i have seen them kissing and chomping on the rocks within 2 weeks off introduction . So the origanal male hasnt given up so easy the poor fellow has been knocked about a bit but refuses to surrender and leave that end off the tank he is constantly harrased but just simply refuses to leave. Ime going to remove him asap but was hoping that they would sort it out so ime askin what behavior is this when the 2 largest fish are pairing up is it normal for 2 females to do this if they are females. Or could my previous bigger fish been male all along i have no idea some very strange behaviour indeed. Thanks JHardman
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is it possible for a GSM & WSM to coexist in the same tank without ever pairing up? my female GSM is still bothering my WSM, its getting better but still only allows him in the top corners of the tank. Will she ever give in or will this behavior continue out for the rest of their days, or am I just a little impatient?
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Just wondering why my tomatoe clown prefers sleeping next to the water return rather than in the BTA? Actually it never even goes in the BTA, and not just this one, I got this one to replace (traded out) the first one that the clown would not go in.
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JHardman,
it has been exactly 9 days since they have been in the same tank together. What do ya think? give up or wait a little longer?
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Also, I have not seen the male quiver once, I guess I am just not willing to give up. But perhaps I should.
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