Male of clownfish pair has died, reintroduce a new male or start over?

[mrmrsmarine]

Thanks Myka and The Guy, appreciate your responses!

Originally Posted by The Guy

I just lost my female Oscellaris about a month back and was advised to wait about one week then introduce a new smaller partner. I did this and it was totally successful.
Good luck.

What happened to your female?

After reading your replies, I've called Pisces here in Calgary and they may be able to order us in a larger guy for our female. Everything currently for sale right now are all juvies and quite small throughout the city.

[mrmrsmarine]

No concern for disease really, so we should be ok to introduce right away

[tidal_waters]

Originally Posted by mrmrsmarine

Thanks Myka and The Guy, appreciate your responses!



What happened to your female?

After reading your replies, I've called Pisces here in Calgary and they may be able to order us in a larger guy for our female. Everything currently for sale right now are all juvies and quite small throughout the city.

I think you should be getting a smaller clown than your female to replace the smaller lost clown. Buying an already larger clown than your existing female will just cause battles.

[mrmrsmarine]

May have come out wrong there... meant to say a larger clown than the juvies that are currently for sale. Will keep whatever new clown we get smaller than the female we still have.

[Myka]

I would suggest you get a juvenile, not a bigger special order one. You don't know the history of a bigger one. It could certainly have already paired with an even smaller one, and could certainly already be female. Buying a juvenile guarantees it is not female, and juveniles are more submissive which makes pairing easier. If you want to risk it with the bigger one, go ahead, but do realize that it may not work, and you might have to find a new home for the new fish.

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by mrmrsmarine

Thanks Myka and The Guy, appreciate your responses!



What happened to your female?

After reading your replies, I've called Pisces here in Calgary and they may be able to order us in a larger guy for our female. Everything currently for sale right now are all juvies and quite small throughout the city.

The female was egg bound, found her on the bottom dead with her middrift wide open.