How to add second clown?

Currently my Gold-stripped maroon is alone, and ill like to add him a mate, now its pretty mean, so would i add a bigger clown? or a smaller clown? or am i to late? he was my first fish in the tank, so he's been there for a little over 8 months.

 

Always smaller with an established clown present. Your clown is a female and needs a juvenile male, she will most likely kill any else.

Be prepared to take the new clown back. Maroons are famous for being difficult to pair once established in a tank.

If possible change of the scape just prior to introduction, try to introduce with the lights out.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks, ill have to try that then, i know at my LFS they put 2 in a tank, and i must have walked in 15 mins later, and the smaller one was dead, but im not sure what order they put them in, it may help that i have 2 anemone's currently also? but i will see if i can get a smaller one from my LFS and i will move my scape a little but i cant 2 to much b/c i just moved everything around and my nem just got settled :-/ otherwise i could, thanks again, ill keep you updated!

 

Yes, as Cheryl said.

And I would read this first Time to Quit Clownin' Around: The Subfamily Amphiprioninae by Henry C. Schultz III - Reefkeeping.com

Skip to the bottom and read from "The final clownfish to discuss is the Maroon," and on.

 

Thanks! Thats a good read, if i do decide to go with another maroon i will be using the egg crating, the problem is my clown is so mean he attacks my mag float when im cleaning my glass, so im not so sure this would be a good idea, i may just trade him in for 2 black/white's and, he's currently around 2 1/2in and to find a smaller one would be pretty hard around here.