clarkii's and percula?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[SPS657]

I just got a pair of clarkii's and they seam to fight with my small percula every now and then! What should i do?????!!

 

[ggk1988]

generally you can not mix different species of clowns unless you tank is very large. What size tank do you have?

 

[SPS657]

20 gal

 

[SPS657]

any other option than just getting rid of my percula???

 

[Toddrtrex]

Nope, that is the only option, especially with this being a 20 gallon tank. I have a pair of clarkiis in a 75 and I would never chance adding another clown to that tank, it would be dead with in days.

Mixing different species of clowns is generally a bad idea, with bad outcomes. (( there are a few exceptions, but they are very few, and when you factor in tank size, it will not work in this case ))

 

[kicbak]

I got a Clarkii as well and added to my 30 gallon tank that already had 2 Ocellaris in it. They host my squamosa in the front right and the back left is my green carpet. I figured I would try and see if 1 clarkii and 2 Ocellaris each with separate hosts would work. After the first 2 hours I knew it wouldn't work so I pull the clarkii and moved him to another tank that I hadn't put a fish in yet.

 

[Arati]

get rid of the clarki, they are jerks.

 

[qbakow]

can I keep 2 pair of clownfishes in 140g tank ??

I would like to keep pair of Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion
ocellaris) and pair of Black and White Ocellaris Clownfish - Tank-Bred
(Amphiprion ocellaris var.) or Amphiprion polymnus - Saddleback Anemonefish

Is 140g tank good for them - I would put them in simultaneously.

 

[captainobvious]

They're both Ocellaris, you should be fine. They are just different colorations really.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Sure they are both Ocellaris, but still going to have 2 pairs of clowns, IMO that is a bad idea.

And putting a saddleback (Amphiprion polymnus) in there is a really bad idea.

 

[qbakow]

so if both are Ocellaris (saddleback goes away) and they are small - not paired maybe it will be OK ?? and maybe I will buy not 4 fishes but 6 or 7 ??

 

[WDLV]

Clarkiis and percs in a 20 gallon... bad idea. Maybe a 200 gallon, but when they start spawning they're likely to kill one another.