Mixing clowns

[saltcreepy]

Two weeks ago I introduced a couple of small saddleback clowns to my 6ftx2ftx3ft reef. One has settled into my blue nem. I don't have any other clowns or nems in there, but I do have a broad selection of tangs and other community fish. My LFS today had a true breeding pair (wild caught) perculas which are high on my wishlist. As I've heard it's unwise to add more than a pair of clowns to a tank, given the size of my tank it is possible to add this new pair of percs without any fighting between the percs and saddlebacks, or should I just set up a nano and have the pair of percs in their own tank? (The breeding pair are adult size.)

 

[Chupacabras]

Save yourself the hassle, set up a small tank for the percs (you can get away with a tank as small as 38L for percs.

 

[hansonfam]

HI there

I have to sets of clowns in a 130 that is 6 feet long. 2 saddlebacks that spawn are at one end in a lta and the other set 2 true percs are at the other end in a lta. No issues so far and all have been together for 6 months. Although the true perc pair have only been paired up for about a month. The only time they see each other is when the female saddleback goes for a swim to the middle of the tank and then turns round and goes back. This is not common though from what i have read and i am prepared to pull one set should things go bad


Lisa

 

[cschweitzer]

No reason to risk it if the percs are actually a true breeding pair...they'd probably be better off in their own 30G.