Can clowns be friends?

[sillygoose]

Have any of you ever kept more than one clown that was not part of a mated pair?

 

[aquaph8]

I would try to keep a pair in all but really large tanks. Are you trying to add one to an established clown?

 

[sillygoose]

I would probably wait until I moved everything to the 180 and put them in at the same time.

 

[aquaph8]

If you have an established one its probably a female, If you add a juvi it will be male and you'll probably be alright. They all start off male. Let me know if Im telling you a bunch of stuff you already know.

 

[sillygoose]

No it's fine. Even if I've heard stuff before, it helps to puzzle it out again. If I get someone's "only child" would it also most likely be a female?

 

[aquaph8]

Most likely it will depending on how long they've had it. Im not really sure how long it takes for them to change. The females get larger than the males though, if that helps.

 

[mattsummers]

i have a pair of mated maroons in with a black and a true perc in my 150 and they get along great

 

[fishaholic911]

I have mixed pairs in both the 180 and the 90. I had no special way of adding them just put them in the tanks when I adopted them. I did however have to remove one from the 90 as it was getting picked on. In the 180 I have a pair of black misbar's and a single perc, they do not like each other but they are not stressing each other out. I have had them together for well over a year. In the 90 I have 1 black misbar and 1 perc living together in happines for 2 months. Maybe I am just lucky

 

[wsz594]

Yes, I had a perc and a tomatoe clown together, my old roomie had a perc and a black and white clown form a pair, that was interesting...

 

[wsz594]

oh yeah my tank was a 125g and my roomies was 150g