Can you mix two clowns?

[mikeguerrero]

Would a clarki, sebea, saddleback clown pair get along with a pair of black variant ocelleris?

My tank is 72 gallons and I'm trying to see if by introducing a wild pair of clowns, might track to my blue carpet.

Or should I continue to wait it's going on week one that the carpet has been introduced to my captive pair of clowns; and still they nest up in the corner of the tank at night.

Last night I fed my carpet a small piece of formula one frozen food and he gobbled it up and then my largest clown the female would look at the anemone just a little waiting for parts of food to dislodge from the mouth.

But she never got too close; maybe 1 month or 2 months is th golden rule; I don't know?

Mike G

 

[Ninong]

I would not add any of the species you listed to a 72-gal tank that already houses a pair of Amphiprion ocellaris. All of those species are much larger and more aggressive.

You didn't say which species of carpet anemone you have. A. ocellaris has three natural hosts: Heteractis magnifica; Stichodactyla gigantea; S. mertensii. The only carpet that is not a natural host for it is S. haddoni.

 

[eckrynock]

I would not recommend this either.

 

[mikeguerrero]

Thanks guys

I do own the Haddoni carpet and I'm just ****ed that my LFS didn't let me know that in the wild it doesn't host my ocelleris.

Others have said that it might host in captivity but that it could take months.

You mention that the clowns that host the haddoni are much larger breed of clowns, do they get huge like the maroon clowns?

I just would like to see them host my anemone cause that was the whole idea of me placing them inside.

I can easily remove my two clowns and trade them in for the other more larger species but the two ocelleris are so exotic looking that I'd like to keep them.

Any thoughts on my situation or has anyone been lucky to have the ocelleris host the haddoni?

I'm dying to see that last question answered,,,,, ?????

Thanks,,,,

Mike

 

[davocean]

I have 2 anenomes. I started w/ 2 ocellaris like every other nemo lover not knowing that they probably wouldn't host.
I then got 2 clarkis who loved my anenomes, but hated anything
that passed close.
I got rid of the clarks and got a small maroon. They all seem to get
along, and now my occs even cruise one of the anenomes.
I think if I had to do it all over I would have got an already mating pair of maroons.
it is a gamble mixing clowns

 

[Ninong]

The following species are hosted by S. haddoni in the wild:
A. akindynos, A. chrysogaster, A. chrysopterus, A. clarkii, A. polymnus, A. sebae.

Be aware of the fact that what most LFS call "Sebae" clowns are really Clark's clowns. Follow the link in my previous post for full descriptions of each of the 10 different clownfish-hosting anemones and all of the different clownfish species. Notice that true Sebae clownfish have only two white bars. Clark's clownfish have a third white bar at the caudal peduncle.

 

[mikeguerrero]

Ninong,

Thanks for the lead on clowns that host the haddoni. Out of the bunch, which one is the smallest species?

Mike G

 

[maww]

they all can get fairly large. If you are interested in a black/white clownfish, the sebaes ( true species, not the clarkii) are nice. My sebaes dove right in to their haddoni carpet. I have a not-so-great pic of my pair in my gallery. polymnus also come in a black/white variant that looks great- much nicer IMO than the standard color morph. I have seen mature females of both species at a good 5 inches long. The plus is that they aren't as large in their vertical dimension as the clarkii type species, so the are effectively not as big as it sounds.

 

[Ninong]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6604109#post6604109 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikeguerrero
Ninong,

Thanks for the lead on clowns that host the haddoni. Out of the bunch, which one is the smallest species?

Mike G

They are all pretty large, ranging in size from 4.5"-5.5" TL for adult females. In the case of the Clark's clownfish, females and males are about the same size.