Clownfish Trio?

[klaudia]

Clownfish trio, is it possible? I have a reef tank set up in a Red Sea Max Nano. How many ocellaris are recommended?

 

[D-Nak]

I wouldn't recommend it. Go with a pair.

 

[Cliving1]

Agreed, what size tank?

 

[RIP Sebastian]

It is common knowledge a max of two should be kept, especially a nano. I suggest you do some serious research.

 

[davocean]

Well I guess at least asking here could be considered research enough, just one pair, 3's a crowd, and I would not keep anything else except maybe inverts

 

[ZachsZoo]

Put a pair in. a group of anywhere from 3-7 clowns will fight and kill each other until 1 pair remains. in my opinion you need at least 9 clowns for a successful groups. Unless you have a large tank, that isn't possible.

 

[klaudia]

Decided on a pair of perculas and they are doing great! Thank you everyone for the input!


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[EnderG60]

I have a trio of Onyx clowns. But before you get all excited let me explain.

I started with 5 juveniles, all from the same batch, all the same age, all sexless and added them to a 300g tank.

Took about 2-3 months before they were large enough to start developing sexes. Im guessing one turned female and 3 turned male because thats when the fighting started.

Two of them would chase each other in circles literally non stop for DAYS, until I removed both and sold them to different people.

I now have a pair and an Juvi clown. The pair tolerates the Juvi, but will chase him away if it gets close to the anemone. He gets in there sometimes, but always gets chased away and goes back to his spot in the flowerpot.

They have existed that way for about 6 years now.

Get a pair and save yourself some heart ache.