Mixing Clown fish

fishoholic · #1 12-15-2007, 01:38 PM

I have just got a 230g and we're planning on adding the fish from our 2 tanks to this one. The only real problem I'm worried about is that we have one saddle back clown in one tank hosting an anemone and 2 perc.'s hosting in zoos in the other. I'm worried that if they go in the same tank (even one as big as a 230g) they will most likely fight to the death. I plan on adding all the fish on the same day (to reduce any territorial fights) however if the clowns start fighting I'm not sure if we'll be able to get them out of the tank in time, or possibly at all, lots of LR and coral to navigate around. Is it best to sell one of the clowns and not risk it or do I take a chance and see how it goes?

I know someone asked about multiple clowns in tanks not too long ago, but I can't remember how it turned out.

digital-audiophile · #2 12-15-2007, 02:30 PM

I had problems mixing clowns in a 90. I tried Tomatoes and Ocellaris and the poor false percs got their asses handed to them on a daily basis. I remeved the Ocellaris for thier own safty. A 230 is a great deal bigger than a 90 though so your experience might be totally different.

kjcote · #3 12-15-2007, 04:13 PM

we have a 200 gallon tank with a pair ocellaris and a pair of black and white clowns, they rarely bother each other. each have their own anenome to host in and are spaced about 3' apart.

Myka · #4 12-15-2007, 04:33 PM

A friend of mine has a 120 with a pair of wild true percs, and a pair of black oscellaris. Each pair has a host anemone, and are spaced about as far apart as they can get in that 4' tank. I think if you can get an anemone for the second pair to host, then there shouldn't be a problem.

fishoholic · #5 12-15-2007, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka

A friend of mine has a 120 with a pair of wild true percs, and a pair of black oscellaris. Each pair has a host anemone, and are spaced about as far apart as they can get in that 4' tank. I think if you can get an anemone for the second pair to host, then there shouldn't be a problem.

Our friends anemone just split and he said he would give one to us, so I think we'll try getting the second pair to host in it and then when we set up the new tank we'll put the clowns on opposite ends.

Myka · #6 12-15-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Our friends anemone just split and he said he would give one to us, so I think we'll try getting the second pair to host in it and then when we set up the new tank we'll put the clowns on opposite ends.

...and hope the anemones like the positions you choose for them!! :P Dang anems moving around could cause a clown war.