celebrating lol, glad thats sorted.
getting clowns can be tricky.
Here are the guidelines I followed to get my pair:
1. locate a store that has a tank with many of the same clown in it (5+). this likely means that they came from same litter or have been housed all together for a while.
2. you can pick from that tank two small, healthy looking clownfish. one will become a female and one will remain the male.
3. you can try to pic a larger clown and a smaller clown from that same tank of clowns. the larger will become female (most likely) and the smaller will be male.
4. you should really get clowns only from a tank that houses many of them and of similar age.
5. if you get one clown from a tank that contains only one, you run the risk of getting a female already, therefore you cant go back to the LFS when they get one more clown in that tank and buy that one too. both could wind up female.
6. if you run into the situation in #5, you could buy a small clown from a tank full of clowns. that should be a male and he'll do good with the female.
I just listed 6 points when the central idea is just one thing - get small clowns from the same tank full of them.
as for the type of clowns, you are limited to True Percula and Occellaris clownfish. those will do better in the 10 gal than the skunks or any other clowns (clarkii, maroon, tomato, etc...)
getting clowns can be tricky.
Here are the guidelines I followed to get my pair:
1. locate a store that has a tank with many of the same clown in it (5+). this likely means that they came from same litter or have been housed all together for a while.
2. you can pick from that tank two small, healthy looking clownfish. one will become a female and one will remain the male.
3. you can try to pic a larger clown and a smaller clown from that same tank of clowns. the larger will become female (most likely) and the smaller will be male.
4. you should really get clowns only from a tank that houses many of them and of similar age.
5. if you get one clown from a tank that contains only one, you run the risk of getting a female already, therefore you cant go back to the LFS when they get one more clown in that tank and buy that one too. both could wind up female.
6. if you run into the situation in #5, you could buy a small clown from a tank full of clowns. that should be a male and he'll do good with the female.
I just listed 6 points when the central idea is just one thing - get small clowns from the same tank full of them.
as for the type of clowns, you are limited to True Percula and Occellaris clownfish. those will do better in the 10 gal than the skunks or any other clowns (clarkii, maroon, tomato, etc...)