I have a few questions regarding my ocellaris clownfish. I got them about 9 months ago from All About Fish. They had been in the store for about four months before I bought them. They were in the same tank together and were both about 1.5". I'm almost positive that they were tank raised. I think they were about 8 months old since they were only 1.5" or so and tank raised. That would make them currently about 1 1/2 years old. One of them has an orange face which is turning black extreeeeemely slowly. They are now about 2.25" from nose to the tip of their tails. They slept one laying on top of the other when I had them in my 14g. Now they sleep in the 8" & 10" anemones (which overlap each other) so they are within an 8" or smaller area of each other. My first question is if they are both female. It worries me since they are both the same size and sometimes fight a bit every now and then that they might be a bonded female pair. If that isn't the case and they are a bonded male-female pair will one of them shrink and the other get bigger when/if they start to spawn? I've always seen in pairs at the LFS the male is smaller than the female but these are both about 2.25". How big will they get and if they are going to become a pair will one stay at 2.25" and the other grown to 3.5" or so?
If they are going to become a mating pair at what age will this start to happen? I've heard they become mature between 12-24 months so could mine since mine are 17 months could they still be juveniles? The one that used to be submissive is seeming to be dominant now so do you think if they were both still juveniles that it turned into an adult and gained dominance since the other one might still be juvenile? :~
If they are going to become a mating pair at what age will this start to happen? I've heard they become mature between 12-24 months so could mine since mine are 17 months could they still be juveniles? The one that used to be submissive is seeming to be dominant now so do you think if they were both still juveniles that it turned into an adult and gained dominance since the other one might still be juvenile? :~