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doublee8 07/15/2003 08:42 AM

Clarkii pairing???
 
I have a Clarkii clown that has been in my tank for approximately three months. He is about three inches long, not sure as to the age since I bought him at the LFS. I am looking into getting another. The local LFS has two others that I am interested in now. One of them is about an inch and a half long and the other is about the same size of mine if not a little bit larger. My question is which one should I purchase? I know that Clarkii's are a fairly aggressive strand of the breed and am looking at two options:

I am not sure if mine clown would take up better with a smaller one or would kill it.

I am not sure if I purchased the larger one at the LFS that they might fight over territory and kill each other.

FYI, we are talking a 58 gallon tank if that helps. Only other mates are a Scooter Blenny and a damn yellow tail damsel I can't seem to get my hands on.

richdragon32 07/15/2003 01:06 PM

I had a pair of clarkii and the male died. I got another male 2 days later and the female harrassed him like crazy. So I took both of the fish and put them in another tank, so the areas are new and no one has made territories yet. They are now living peacefully amongst each other.
You can try to put a small clarkii in. If fight occurs, you can try turning off the lights, or take both fish, put the, in a bag together, and rearrange the rocks in the tank and re-releasing the fish in the tank.

Hope that helps!

JHardman 07/15/2003 03:58 PM

Here ya go

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