55 reef with clowns

[fatsolomon]

i have a 55 reef and in it are 3 pj cardinals and 2 black O's. im looking to add 2 more regular O's. since they are both O's i figure there will be few problems, but i want to make sure. i know that once they pair off i will have to remove them but they are all still pretty small(inch and a half at biggest.)

 

[dantodd]

You may be OK as long as the 2 in the tank haven't already paired off. (One hasn't grown significantly larger and/or more dominant than the other) As long as you are ready to pull 2 of the fish when the time comes there is no realy reason not to. One caveat though; it is possible that you will end up with a pair of one black and one orange fish so don't add them if you don't want that to happen.

One of the members here keeps 20+ percula in her 240g reef.

Ocellaris grow much faster than percula so you may have to move 2 out earlier than if you chose percula to begin with. (But percula don't come in black and white)

 

[stykthyn]

once they mature I am sure that there will be some aggression in such a small tank.

 

[fatsolomon]

ok thanks!