clownfish compatibility

DMBillies

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I have a maroon in my 90 and yesterday I moved her anemone out of that tank. The bubble tip would randomly wander every month or so and in the process run over my corals. They seem to especially wreak havoc on SPS and since I'm going almost all SPS in that tank I thought I could live without the annoyance of moving corals out of it's way once it decided to go.

Long story short, now that the maroon doesn't have an anemone to host in, my six-line will randomly tag it and chase it around the tank. I can probably get the six-line out some night if I need to, but I was curious about possibly mixing some different clowns together...

...I have a pair of clarkii's that I just moved into my 92 last night and I was wondering what the likelihood of success is if I try to move my maroon in with them (none of them would have had a chance to establish themselves yet). I know these are two of the most aggressive species, but I do have two gbta's in that tank on opposite sides (so I'm assuming they would take up residence across the tank from one another) and no one has had a chance to really stake out a territory. They are all still pretty small with the clarkii female being the biggest (~3") and the clarkii male and maroon being about equal (~2").

It's probably not very likely to work, but I don't want to get rid of the maroon or the six-line and I don't think I'll consider moving the gbta back in.
 
Maroons and clarkii's in the same tank that small, would not be a good idea. They will fight and may kill each other or at best damage each other to cause more problems. Both are very aggressive clowns. Depending on the size either the maroon will win or the clarkii. I just would not do it.

Just my opinion
 
So, what you're saying is that I need to start working on getting a bigger tank :)

I figured it was a bad idea... they say you only ask for advice when you already know what to do. I guess I'm going fishing tonight.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9310603#post9310603 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DMBillies
So, what you're saying is that I need to start working on getting a bigger tank :)

That's the ticket :D

Steve Weast has 3 pairs of clowns in his 850g, two pairs (clarkii and percula) are spawners. I wouldn't risk it in a small tank though.

Matt
 
I put two Maroons and one percula in a 120 at the same time, I had to give up the percula, they chased him all over and started tearing him up.
 
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