merging two tanks, 2 cinnamon in one, 1 cinnamon in the other

Tango451

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I saw the earlier post asking about adding a 3rd clownfish, but if there is a mated pair of cinnamon clownfish currently in a 180, and I am about to break down my other tank into the 180 and I have about a 5.5" cinnamon clown in my other tank (he is at least 10 years old).... will it also be a death sentence, or will my big guy just become the new dominant female, and the current female become male, and the male just become neutral and can live with them or will it just end in a blood bath? :deadhorse1:

(oh and the male and female pair finally taken to each other and the males fins healed up - if you saw my previous post about the female attacking the male)

If the consensus is it will be a death trap for the smaller cinnamons (around 4" and 2.5/3"), I am considering keeping him in my 90 gallon sump with tons of rock and lighting, but I'd feel bad keeping him alone in there and not giving him more free swimming room
 
Unfortunately it won't work. You'll end up with a dead clown, possibly 2 dead clowns.

BTW, your lone 10 year old clown is a female.
 
+1^^^...

You're courting disaster. Females don't change back to males, nor do males become 'neutral or asexual'. Plus, cinnamon clowns are almost as aggressive as maroons.
 
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