Clowns

[Nakie31]

Can you have more then one set of bonded pair of clown fish in the same tank?

 

[cougareyes]

Depends on the size of tank, I have a friend with a 500g and he has 12 clowns, I know there are at least 4 bonded pairs.

 

[Nakie31]

I have a 200 gallon

 

[thegrun]

I've seen it work in tanks as small as 180 gallons (long term), but eventually even if they get along at first there usually ends up being significant fighting over territory. I would say at the most you could have is two pairs, but even that would be risky. It helps if you can get a specific coral/anemone to host them and place those corals on opposite sides of the tank.

 

[Nakie31]

OK thanks but do they have to be the same type clown or can the be different?

 

[Sk8r]

I had a pair of clarkiis that took 50 gallons of a 100 gallon as their own, but would give chase (with teeth) to things beyond that range. They terrorized the other damsels.