Fireclown spawning

[Paul B]

Today I did one of my fish a big favor. I have had this fire clownfish for over 10 years, I don't even remember how much over 10 years but whatever. In all that time he has been building a nest and chasing other fish away.
Fireclownfish are not that common and I happened to see one in a store around the corner from my house. The guy diden't know what it was and diden't even know the price so I said I will give you 20 bucks for it. So I took the thing home, acclimated it for a little while and threw it in. Before her tail cleared the surface of the water, my old fire clown pushed her down to his nest. The poor thing was giving me the dirtiest looks but the old male, after not seeing a female all his life went nuts. I came back an hour later and he was just laying there having a cigarette.

 

[h20 freak]

I thought clowns became female if left alone

 

[Domboski]

Very cool Paul.

Let us know if eggs are laid.

 

[Paul B]

Now they are on opposite ends of the tank ingnoring each other. When the smaller new one gets a little more mature he will become a male and my old large one will become a female.
Thats when the fun starts