how many clown fish in a 180?
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WaffleWalffle22
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If you mean you bought a pair of Orange Ocellaris and a pair of Black Ocellaris for your 180 gallon then it might work out. If they are not already bonded pairs then there is only a 50% chance of the black ones pairing together and the orange ones pairing together. Multiple pairs of clowns in tanks don't typically work out, but your tank seems to be around the size where it might work. I don't know the smallest tank size you can keep two pairs of clowns in so I may be wrong, but I wish the best of luck to you and your clownfish. 
FWIW, if it were me, I would take either both the black or both the orange clowns back to the LFS. Then the other pair will have a 100% chance of being the same color, and when you're sure they're a bonded pair (when one gets significantly bigger than the other) then you can go to the LFS and get the other color of Ocellaris and let them pair so that you end up with a pair of Black Ocellaris and a pair of the traditional orange Ocellaris.
I think if you provide them with a good home they will breed very easily. I have a nano tank with a pair of Black Ocellaris. Nano tanks' parameters are harder to keep stable since the tank is smaller and more sensitive, and my pair of clowns started breeding a few months ago after being in the tank for about 16 months. They will spawn under relatively good conditions, but I found their diet to be the most important thing leading up to breeding. I fed them very small portions of food 2-3 times per day, alternating between Rod's Original, PE Mysis, and Hikari Spirulina Brine Shrimp
FWIW, if it were me, I would take either both the black or both the orange clowns back to the LFS. Then the other pair will have a 100% chance of being the same color, and when you're sure they're a bonded pair (when one gets significantly bigger than the other) then you can go to the LFS and get the other color of Ocellaris and let them pair so that you end up with a pair of Black Ocellaris and a pair of the traditional orange Ocellaris.
I think if you provide them with a good home they will breed very easily. I have a nano tank with a pair of Black Ocellaris. Nano tanks' parameters are harder to keep stable since the tank is smaller and more sensitive, and my pair of clowns started breeding a few months ago after being in the tank for about 16 months. They will spawn under relatively good conditions, but I found their diet to be the most important thing leading up to breeding. I fed them very small portions of food 2-3 times per day, alternating between Rod's Original, PE Mysis, and Hikari Spirulina Brine Shrimp
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WaffleWalffle22
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Some would turn out to be Mocha clowns and some would be just brown. The ones in the pic below are Mochas.
BTW I edited my previous post.
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