SRC Member panlee Posted September 22, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 22, 2003 Bought 1 big and 1 small maroon clowns. 1. How do I tell if they are mating? They seldom together touch each other . 2. Was at CF and they are selling mated pairs of clowns together. And you can see the big one is twice as big as the small one. Is that the way? My small one is only 3/4 size of big one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanzy Posted September 22, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 22, 2003 Initially, if both clowns are male, they will definitely fight for a while. Usually if the size difference is obvious, the fight doesn't last long. The smaller male clown will submit to the larger female clown by quivering as though it was having a seizure. If they swim close to eat other without trying to rip each other's fins out it can be considered mated. Clowns pair up very easily. Large difference in size decreases fighting time and reduces injury and stress. Quote Warning: Heavy handed moderator in operation. Threads and post are liable to be deleted or moved without prior notification. Moderator's prerogative will be enforced. Any grievances or complains should be addressed to The Administrator. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/uploads/post-36-1073276974.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member pospeh Posted September 22, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 22, 2003 Clowns are hermaphydetic (?), meaning they can change ###### during their lifetime. The transsexual katooeys then get physically bigger by becoming a female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nleong Posted September 22, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 22, 2003 correct me if I'm wrong. Thought they only change once ? Or twice ? Once during infant from no ###### to male then to female if it happen to be the larger male in the colony when the female died ? Or from infant to female and then die eventually. So ? I'm blur already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member junyong84 Posted September 29, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 29, 2003 Bought 1 big and 1 small maroon clowns. 1. How do I tell if they are mating? They seldom together touch each other . 2. Was at CF and they are selling mated pairs of clowns together. And you can see the big one is twice as big as the small one. Is that the way? My small one is only 3/4 size of big one. is urs a paired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanzy Posted September 30, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 30, 2003 correct me if I'm wrong. Thought they only change once ? Or twice ? Once during infant from no ###### to male then to female if it happen to be the larger male in the colony when the female died ? Or from infant to female and then die eventually. So ? I'm blur already Clowns are all born male and the dominant male will become female when the colony's single female dies. They can only change ###### once so females don't revert to being males. Quote Warning: Heavy handed moderator in operation. Threads and post are liable to be deleted or moved without prior notification. Moderator's prerogative will be enforced. Any grievances or complains should be addressed to The Administrator. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/uploads/post-36-1073276974.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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