Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Chryopterus

General
Species:  Amphiprion Chryopterus (Blue Stripe Clown)
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  both are 4 inches
Age of Individuals: unknown (wild caught) 
Date added to Tank: November 20th 2011 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  20 gallon tall
Substrate Details:  Hawaiian black Aragalive
Filtration Details:  HOB filter with air driven skimmer
Water Changes:  once Bi-weekly
Water Temperature:  78 F
Lighting:  T5 bulbs- one daylight, one actinic
Lighting Cycle:  lights on at 9:30am, lights off at 10:30pm
Other Tank Inhabitants:  pair of banggaii cardinals, xxl blue knuckle hermit

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  New Life Spectrum Thera A, Rods breeders blend
Feeding Schedule:  three times a day

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Miscellaneous Information:  Pair has not bonded yet, but tollerate each other and keep to their own sides of the tank.



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the picture shows the clowns together but they were scared of my phone and me being too close to the tank to take a picture. usually they are on opposite sides of the tank and are only next eachother when scared or when the more dominate one comes out of hiding to harass the other.

Clowns are getting along better now and both will swim out in the open. once in a while the dominate one will charge the other one but nothing more than that.

Clowns are still getting along better. Here's some better shots of them.

One of the holy grails of clownfish breeding. I've given up on this species after killing more than 2 dozen of them. May luck be with you!

are they that aggressive? I was considering getting a couple.

RLTW

180 Gallon Mixed Reef

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8

Either they are hard to pair or they usually succumb to something even before they are anywhere near breeding.

Had mine a while now and....touch wood, getting along fine but the female is aggressive to the male. They seem to be much slower growing than other clowns. Anyone else experience this?

mine are large but i know this is a very large species up to almost 7 inches. the more dominate one almost removed the left eye of the other one when i put them together. the were in a seperated tank for a month before i put them together. like I said they got into a nice scrap and the one almost lost an eye. the tank was big enough to stay on their own sides andi had 3 different hiding spots as well. so far so good. knock on Oak. lol