Keeping Percula Clowns with Bigger Aggressive Fish?

[forddna]

Are any of you able to keep Percs in a tank with large angels, or triggers, or butterflies, etc?

The reason I ask is that I am thinking of selling off most of my reef safe livestock, getting rid of my last few corals, and going FO (I have no time to maintain a reef, nor the ambition for it anymore).

But I have a super nice pair of Percs - one Grade A Picasso and one Snowcasso from Doni's Reef. These two were among her first when she started selling online. I love them!

Is there any chance of keeping these two? I would leave them in the tank as I add new livestock, so it will be THEIR tank when fish "move in." Also, I want as peaceful of a tank as possible, so I wouldn't intentionally add a fish known to be overly aggressive. This is the 220g in my sig. 72x24x30.

 

[runintoluck]

I kept a pair of percs with large angels and tangs with no trouble. All the other fish ignored them and the clowns were added later as well.

 

[forddna]

Good to know. Thank you! Anyone else?

I don't know if it matters, but these guys are still smallish. They are I think 3 years old now, but they are not full sized. I don't know if that's because they are not a true pair or what. My avatar is the snowcasso btw.

 

[whipsaw]

I've never kept percs, but I've kept small ocellaris with a fair number of aggressive fish (angels, tangs, triggers, wrasse, smallish groupers). Never seen anything bother them aside from other species of clown.

 

[clekchau]

i have a tank bred one a little over 1 inch with big tangs, angels, small angels, etc and he does fine

 

[OSTguy]

I had a clarkii with all the triggers you want. No problem. I say had because I gave it to a lfs to get a new home.

 

[deepblue68]

i wouldn't do it. my triggers would eat anything put in the tank. even my wrasse eats damsels or chromis when introduced..

 

[jwm2k3]

I think as long as the Perc clowns are in there first, there shouldnt be a problem with larger angels or butterflies. The triggers, wrasses, groupers and lions, etc. I would make sure there was not a large size disparity to lessen the temptation of a Perc clown lunch.