2 pairs of Clownfish in a 200 gallon 5 foot tank?

[moppy]

Can I put 2 pairs in?

I want 2x the regular orange and 2x black or black ice?

Can I get away with this in a 5 foot by 3 foot deep dimension 200 gallon tank?

If so should I add all 4 at the same time?

 

[bues0022]

Please do a search for the same question, this question has been asked and answered many times over......

 

[snorvich]

The odds are against success.

 

[davocean]

Wouldn't do it, you'll be bummed when they mature.

 

[Pastey]

I consolidated 2 smaller tanks into one 200DD which put 4 clownfish together. One by one the more mature pair picked/bullied the other 2 to the point where I had to remove them. Start up a smaller tank for the other 2 or trade/sell them off locally. It'll save you the headache and save them the stress.

 

[D-Nak]

To answer the OP... the answer is yes, you can. Just add a divider the width of the tank in between the pair. Most people recommend either opaque or black, so that the pairs can't see each other.

 

[davocean]

To answer the OP... the answer is yes, you can. Just add a divider the width of the tank in between the pair. Most people recommend either opaque or black, so that the pairs can't see each other.

Well now you are cheating a little, because that is technically just turning one tank into two.

 

[moppy]

After reading your posts and a few other threads I guess I won't be putting two pairs in.

Thanks

 

[DasCamel]

Best post ever!

Best post ever!

To answer the OP... the answer is yes, you can. Just add a divider the width of the tank in between the pair. Most people recommend either opaque or black, so that the pairs can't see each other.

 

[usmc121581]

I would like to state that in a 180 I hqd yellow striped and perc clowns for a couple years. Yes the yellows would pick on the others only during feedings after that they went back to there sides of the tank until the following feeding. Right now I have a mated pair of blacker ice clown fish and percs in the same 75 gal tank and they actually host in the same hammer coral together. So yes and can be done with out using the dividers and what nots, now I am not telling to go out and do it with success. I knew the effects that could happen with trying this and succeeded, would I do it again yes I would.