how many pair in a tank

[nameissoftlover]

i have a snow flake paired with my best guess is a false perc, it was realy small when i got it and is a mis-bar so hard to tell, i just added a mated pair of false percs, i have a 72 gal with two bubble tips, will they be ok, they dont seam to be fighting yet, and seam to be all hanging out, will this last or will there not be enough room for both pairs

 

[nameissoftlover]

they are nipping at one another, how long should i let this go before i move things around, weather to the sump or what not

 

[AliciaP]

I would watch very closely. They might just be trying to assert dominance. If you notice one getting tore up, then I would separate.

 

[nameissoftlover]

What I did was take the biggest clown out of the tank, originally it was 3 in the tank now 4 and one is in the sump, And they still seam to cluster a little, time will tell

 

[RBCJay]

You should just go ahead and separate them as this was destined to fail from the beginning unfortunately.

 

[nameissoftlover]

As of now, they are 4 peas in a pod

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

It may work short term,I tried to put my pair of onyx in my 240 with my pair of ocs.It lasted about an hour,then all heck broke loose.They would meet in the middle and fight like crazy.I had 11 rbtas some one each end I thought that may keep them seperated.When or if they become paired up you may have to remove one pair.

 

[nameissoftlover]

They both are paired sets, but my are the same kind I was hoping that would be ok

 

[secrest]

This most likely will not work. I used to have two pairs of occelaris in my 125 with multiple bta's and after about six months of peace they decided it was time for war. I ended up having to separate them. Best of luck to you though.

 

[Joshporksandwic]

As cute as they are they will fight like crazy after a few months. And if 1 get pregnant forget it, any other one that gets close will be torn. I did the mistake of putting 4 different pairs & kinds on my kids 30 gallon with a lot of anemones and it was not pretty after 3 months. We can hope and hopefully it works for you but its very hard.
Good luck

Sent from somewhere

 

[nameissoftlover]

So far it's been ok, I took the biggest out of the tank and they Seem to be doing fine, I will keep a close eye and I'd things get worse, I'll separate them

 

[Mabyboi]

So far it's been ok, I took the biggest out of the tank and they Seem to be doing fine, I will keep a close eye and I'd things get worse, I'll separate them

What we're all trying to say here is DON'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE PAIR IN A TANK. Even though they're cute now, all of us know that down the road they will tear each other apart. Save yourself the grief, and the sadness of seeing your prized clown dead and just remove a pair now.

Even though they seem fine now, you need a SUPER HUGE tank for it to work. Your tank is no where near big enough.

Take them out.

 

[nameissoftlover]

I tried to catch one pair today but they were to fast, I'm thinking later or in the am before the lights come I will be able to get them while there asleep, the new pair is staying in the tank the old pie will be sump bound, I'm turning that into a frag tank anyway do they will have to do

 

[nameissoftlover]

Thanks for all the advise I moved one pair

 

[barelycuda]

If all of the fish were juveniles and added at the same time you may have gotten away with it but since you already had 2 and added a 2nd pair I think that it would have been a lost cause. I had 5 clowns in my 75g for almost 3 years til I tore it down 2 months ago. 1 pair of Ocellaris, 1 pair of Nigripes, and a single pink skunk. There weren't any problems with them and they pretty much all got along but they were introduced at roughly the same time as juveniles. There is a person in our club that has about a dozen clowns in her 180 and they are doing just fine, again they were all added the same day and at the same age.