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scubadawg 04-03-2013 02:34 AM

I had 2 black and white clowns, I tried to add the 2 regular clownfish, they were fighting within 5 mins, had to pull them out before the Black and White kills them

paddyob 04-03-2013 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic (Post 808047)
should be no problem, give them plenty of hiding spots or homes (nems & clay pots)

I have 7 in my 90 at home

Mixed species or the same? I have seen groups of OCs in tanks in the past.

Coralgurl 04-05-2013 03:55 PM

Well so far it seems everyone is "tolerating" each other, but the Clarkiis are a bit aggressive with the newbies. I put the rbta in the middle of the tank and released the b&w clowns into it, which was fine until the Clarkiis claimed it within minutes....:sad: I thought well I'll just move the other nem for them, nope, the male clarkii is sleeping in it at night....

Apparently the nem didn't care for where I placed it as it has been on the move, off its original rock, over to another one, last night to the side of the tank, this morning on the glass.

I'm going to need to move some of the lr around so once the nem settles, and hopefully come up with something to keep both sets happy.

saltyair 04-05-2013 06:14 PM

IMO just don't do it - I wanted to try it myself.

I added 2 clowns with a mated pair (in an anemone) with a second anemone.

I have a 180 - and two anemone's each side of the tank. The new clowns were killed with in a week and these were perc's


Quote:

Originally Posted by Myka (Post 808050)
Clarkii when mature are generally quite a bit more aggressive than Darwins, so it may not be a wise choice long-term. If you have one anemone on each side of the tank for each pair to claim it might work.



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