3 clownfishes?

[sh0tyme83]

Would it be possible for me to have three clownfish in the same tank? I have a single false oscellaris (sp?) and I have really fallen in love with 2 maroons at my local LFS. I have a 90 gallon tank. Would these 3 fish get along? Only other tank mates are a LMB and a few damsels.

thanks,

Matt

 

[Wolverine]

It might work, but I'd put my money on the female maroon killing the ocellaris.

 

[sh0tyme83]

the maroons are about half the size of my ocellaris right now. Could they become "friends" before she gets big enough to do that?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

It might work, but I'd put my money on the female maroon killing the ocellaris.

+1 maroons are very aggressive... Maroons will likely harass the other fish too.

 

[Wolverine]

the maroons are about half the size of my ocellaris right now. Could they become "friends" before she gets big enough to do that?

Even if they get along in the short term, if the maroons start breeding, she'll be willing to attack just about anything that moves (including fish much, much bigger than she is, and including your arm and hand).

 

[sh0tyme83]

Even if they get along in the short term, if the maroons start breeding, she'll be willing to attack just about anything that moves (including fish much, much bigger than she is, and including your arm and hand).

LOL.. great thanks... not in love with them so much now. This is why I always ask before I purchase.

 

[snorvich]

It might work, but I'd put my money on the female maroon killing the ocellaris.

That too would be my prediction.

 

[snorvich]

Even if they get along in the short term, if the maroons start breeding, she'll be willing to attack just about anything that moves (including fish much, much bigger than she is, and including your arm and hand).

You just said a mouthful. When I would dive around a breeding pair of maroons, the female would attack me by hitting me in the mask or head. I cannot even begin to compute the ratio of my size to her size, but it is a very, very large number. :spin3: