How many?
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Travis L. Stevens
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Some recommend that a pair of Clownfish should only be kept in 30 gallons as a minimum. As they grow older and bigger and pair up, they tend to be territorial of their space. Occassionaly other fish can be tolerated when clownfish become that settled in. Truthfully, you are rather limited in your choice, but most of the choices are beautiful fish. Options such as small wrasses like Six Line, Four Line, Flasher Wrasses, and Fairy Wrasses, as well as Shrimp Gobies, and other such small fish.
Travis L. Stevens
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NO! If they don't fight at first, they WILL later. They will fight to the death. It's rare to have multi-species clownfish tanks. And usually the ones that are successful either have one pair erupt and kill the other or the tank is very large. It's extremely rare to have reports of success in tanks that are roughly 6 feet long or 125g. Plus A. polymnus might be a little rougher than your A. ocellaris. Please look over the links below. Paul Whitby is doing an excellent job right now in his 600g tank with a pair of A. ocellaris Black variant and some A. percula.
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Travis L. Stevens
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Depending on what you get, Blennies and Gobies are good options. Such as Lawnmower Blenny (they get rather large), Clown Goby, Neon Goby, and various other little guys. Though they also get rather large and tend to like swimming more than perching, a Midas Blenny is a beautiful choice.
Russ Braaten
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I have a 30 cube with no sump. I have a breeding pair of Clowns. I also have 3 damsels, a six line wrasse and a pseudochromis. They are all under 2 inches long and most are barely 1 inch long. The thing I would put in there first is an anemone. My clowns have 3 rose bubble tip anemones and they flitter from one to the other and rarely spend any time in the water column. Scooter blennies, bi color blennies (a fun fish to watch) and flag fish would be other fish to consider.
Russ Braaten
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My scooter ate all kinds of food. The scooter was also a jumper, that is why he is a "was". I have had a lot of fish jump that I didn't think jumped. I moved and when I moved the tank I found 6 fish that I thought had just died and were eaten. I now have egg crate over the entire tank. I still lost a turbo snail that pushed up the egg crate and fell out of the tank.
TimV
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As with everything in this hobby, there are no hard and fast rules. Some species of clowns are far more problematic than others. Even though oscillaris have the best temperament, I still wouldn't place another pair of clowns in with them in that small of a tank.
In my 180g, I have a pair of saddlebacks, a pair of oscellaris and a single clarkii. Only the clarkii is territorial.
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Russ Braaten
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I guess your clarkii needs a mate to settle it down? hahaha
