tprize Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Well one of my clowns died, had it for 6 years. No signs of trauma no other fish seem bothered. Just sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprize Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I am wondering if it was the male or female, it was slightly smaller but not by much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Dang that sucks T. Sorry to hear. I'm in process of transferring fish over from a tank I'm breaking down. I would go ape if my 7 year old clown pair perished in this process! Sounds like probably the male... bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquavista99 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Sorry for your loss. I had a pair of clowns from 2004 and the female is still going strong. Lost the male during a pump accident in 2013 during a move to our new house and it was really hard to get over. I ended up introducing a new male in 2014 to keep the female company. It worked out well so far. Again, sorry to hear about your fish loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprize Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) You were able to read introduce a new male? Edited December 20, 2018 by tprize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBugmaster Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I lost a male after 3 years and introduced a new smaller clown and they paired up right away. Just make sure you pick it from a group of clowns and that it is the smallest one of the group or a know male and it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmrun Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Sorry to hear this. The male is usually the smaller of the pair. Sometimes its just hard to figure out why they perish. I have no idea what a "typical" life span of a clownfish is, but you have to be doing something right for a six year run. I had a male /female (non-reproductive) pair for about 12 years. The smaller male died of unknown causes that I could detect (clear eyes, no fungus, no labored breathing, all normal signs to me). I thought the female may go shortly thereafter. She is now 20 and I wouldn't even try to bring in another clown as I'm sure it would just be killed. I keep on thinking that the female looks a bit ragged as she now frequently has some split fins etc. but she hangs in there. If you are transferring to a new tank an addition is possible. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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