8 Occelaris, 125g expierement

[synofreak]

Today I just picked up 2 B&W Occys and 5 standards. +1 established standard(male for now). Been an hour so far, and all is good. A few new ones have already been in THE Carpet. Wish me luck, long term style. Hopefully the established clown(1year oldish) keeps peace, and all goes well. I'll post weekly and let you folks know the outcome. Neet seeing 8 clowns in 1 tank. I removed 1 GSM and BTA from the system yesterday, so hope its not too much of a "spike". Tank is 125g with 40 sump.
Carpet in pictures is another story in "Carpet ID" thread.

 

[tufacody]

Cery cool! How hasn't wanted an all-clown tank? That gig is looking pretty bleached though.

 

[synofreak]

Well its not an all clown tank. The 8 Occys share the 125g with a Blue jaw trigger(M), Tomini tang, yellow checkerboard Wrasse, yellow tail Damsel, and a zebra stripe Goby.
The Carpet is well on its way back. I have another thread in this forum with pics and recovery timeline. "Carpet ID".
But anyway, all are getting along fine, no fighting whatsoever.
Only time will tell how it plays out =). Keeping my fingers crossed, its cool to wake up with 5 clowns lounging in the carpet.

 

[rkelman]

Nice. Good luck with them!

 

[synofreak]

TY. And awesome Sig. Peekaboo.

 

[kerusso316]

Nice fish.Sweet miss bar B/W.

 

[MatthewLaw]

good luck. i might be worried with that trigger

 

[synofreak]

Trigger is a model citizen. Awesome fish, doesn't bother corals or fish.
Thanks SOOO much for the compliment on the misbar B&W. They are to die for.
Debating another Gigantia soon, but waiting till mine is fully healthy. Early to tell, but everything is smooth so far. I'll update with pics this this weekend.

 

[SDReefer44]

good luck. that would be so awesome if it works out, makes me want to try it.

 

[tcmfish]

The resident clown will be a female.

 

[synofreak]

Just thought I would add, where I got these beauties. They were purchased from Mitch "aka" kerusso316. Very good people, and an awesome lineup. The B&W Occys are awesome, but you should see his Onyx percs. Outstanding. I believe he has Percs, Onyx Percs, Occys, B&W Occys, Maroons, Tomatoes, + probably more.
If your ever looking to buy Clowns, this is your guy. I'm local, but I'm sure he'll ship. You wont regret it.
YES, I do know the resident 1 will become female. In fact, I've owned it for 9 months approximate, and it was a male in a GSM/Occy combo(got along/not paired). Just had to lose the GSM to try this out. I also own a sweet misbar breeding pair of GSM in my 120g, just haven't attempted to keep the babies(started laying DEC 08).
Pics and weekly updates to come.

 

[synofreak]

UPDATE
Not all is well =(. Lost my 1st standard a few days ago. Today a B&W is MIA. Hopefully I'll find him in the overflow or sump when I clean the tank. Doubt it, as it was a bit frayed.
There was 1 standard that did all the chasing, and I think thats the one I found sucked to the powerhead.
As for the 6 left, appears the original might be female already. 2(original =largest and 2nd largest) mainly stay in the Gig, and may become a pair. 2 other standards(3rd and 5th largest) stay on the same side and ocassionally get in the Gig.
On the other side of the tank are the 4th largest standard and the remaining B&W which is a little smaller. They get along, but show limited signs of pairing, with the B&W being submissive when they do.
The remaining 6 show no signs of fighting, and all look good.
I highly doubt it will work long term without getting another Gig, opposite side of the tank. Even then its slim at best. If I do, the best I will hope for are 2 pair coexisting.
I would have updated ,at first death, but I didn't find out till this morning. The wife found the first casuality. OH well, might as well get hit with 2 in one day, then 2 a few days apart.