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reeferman06
10/04/2006, 05:38 PM
Hello all, yesterday I went to my LFS and there were 2 clowns in a 20g tank and they were almost the same size, I guess they where a pair b/c they where swimming together and were the only 2 fish in there. I bought them and put them in my 55g reef(at the exact same time), when I came home from work today 1 of them were dead, why is that, Please help!!!!:rolleye1: :mixed: :( :confused:
Harold Edwards
10/04/2006, 06:03 PM
That stuff just happens sometimes.
tkeracer619
10/04/2006, 06:10 PM
Add another one and they will buddy up. Atleast they are still small males and not a mated pair yet.
kurt72
10/04/2006, 06:11 PM
who knows. when i first got into this hobby back in feb, i bought a pair of ocellaris clowns, they were goin great for 2 months. then one moring, one was dead. so i bought another, and sure enough, she hooked up with the existing one. at lights out the two of them were huddled in the corner sleeping. next morning, one of my hermits was picking at the NEW clown cuz it was dead. happens sometimes i guess.
reeferman06
10/04/2006, 06:13 PM
ok, so since there is jsut one in the now, I could ad another one just like it?
tkeracer619
10/04/2006, 06:29 PM
yeah. I would just get another small one of the same type.
kurt72
10/04/2006, 06:29 PM
like tkeracer619 said, if they were roughly the same size, it does't look like they were a mated pair. but if i were you, i would get one either smaller, or bigger than the one you have now. pairing up clones, can be tricky, or so i have read. i have been lucky so far. but check out this thread. it has been a great help to me. http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showt...threadid=215088
kurt72
10/04/2006, 06:34 PM
oops for some reason that thread didn't go where it was sposed' to go. try this. or just check out RF's section on anenomes and clownfish section.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=215088