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Old 01-02-2012, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by daniella3d View Post
I had a single clownfish for a year and half and she was ok but had a unatural behavior of going through the glass up and down, left to right all day, rarely exploring the surrounding.

I got her a male, moved her to a quarantine tank and introduced the smaller male to her in the quarantine tank so there would be less chance of fighting if they both were in an unknow place. It worked well and they quickly formed a couple. After a month in quarantine I moved them both to the main tank and they have been together ever since. They have a much more natural behavior, exploring, hosting coral, cleaning rock as to prepair for laying eggs...they sleep together etc.

I think I did the right thing and I prefer to see them behave as a couple.

My pair will not go further than about 8" from their anemone. They never explore the tank. Ever.
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