mated pair of clown fish

[braincoral39]

After my upgrade from 29gal to at least 50gal I would like to add a mated pair of clown fish. Really interested in Maroon or Percula. Should I try to buy a mated pair or purchase a small and a medium fish and let them go from there.

What are your thoughts.

Thanks

 

[sally1]

I would just buy two juveniles and let them pair themselves up.

 

[suckair]

Unless you are willing to wait up to a year I would not get a pair of juvenile clown fish. I would pick out an obvious larger fish "probably a female if it is large enough" and pick out a small juvenile or hopefully a male.

Randall

I would also get Joyce Wilkerson's book on clown fish if you were interested in them.

PS Maroon clown fish can and often do kill clowns so pairing up no mated pairs of these fish can be tricky. I have successfully paired gold stripe maroons but use a large female and a small male. I also took special care and watched the system for hours after the male was introduced.

Randall