Could this work?

[NeilPearson]

I have an 8 year old Tomato Clown in a 210 (84 inch long) tank. I added a small male Tomato to this tank and they got along immediately... they paired and I have never, ever seen any aggression between these two. The large female will chase away my pajama cardinals (although I have never seen any nipping, just a slow 'get out of here' - here being the center of the tank which is where the tomatos sleep.

Anyway I have a 29 gallon tank that I was considering tearing down and it has a small to mid sized ocellaris clown (about 4 years old), a blue-green chromis and a firefish. I was considering put these 3 in the 210 (which has 2 tomato's, 3 pajama cardinals, yellow tang and an orange shoulder tang)

I'm not worried about the firefish but I am not sure about the ocellaris and the chromis... Do you think the tomato clowns will be okay with this? It is a 210... but she is pretty big, old and set in her ways. (and the whole center of the tank is definitely hers)

There are no anemones.... it is mostly SPS (which the cardinals hide in and the tomato tends to not want to go into the SPS to chase them)

 

[nick18tjetta]

As long as the ocellaris knows whats good for him they should be fine. The tank should be big enough that each clown can claim his own territory. However, I would not try it.

 

[redvipe2010]

I think its possible, but also a risk. Tomatos are aggressive. Your tank size may allow it to happen. Unfortunately, I think its one of those things where you won't know until you try it. I personally wouldn't take the chance.

 

[kevin2000]

Given your tank size its possible that your tomato clowns will leave the oscellaris alone ... but tomato clowns tend to be vicious and I suspect your oscellaris would be dead meat. I don't see any reason why the tomato's would attack the chromis or other fish (other than out of spite).

Heres a good thread on the subject

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=245520

Hope this helps.

 

[NeilPearson]

thanks

 

[hgbarwick]

Its possible, given your tank size the tomato may leave the oscellaris alone. But then again tomato's are know for their aggrissive nature and while oscellaris are mostly on the on aggressive side. So the tomato may go crazy on your other clown. Its one of those things that you don't know until you try.