"Multicultural" Clown Families

[ClownReef®]

Two Ocellaris, 1 Percula..

Does anybody have tanks with different clowns?

 

[Flagg37]

My buddy has two maroons and two snowflakes. They get along right now but I think he'll run into issues when the maroons outgrow the snowflakes.

 

[Jeff4777]

A friend/co worker who also has a nano tank setup at our office has 1 Percula and 1 Ocellaris. The Percula is the dominant one but I think their both juveniles still.

 

[Mo2]

I would be less worried about the breed, and more worried about there being a trio. The weakest one will eventually be picked off and probably killed. If you want to have multiple clowns (more than 2), I suggest keeping a large school of them.

 

[phender]

Not a multi-cultural "family", but I had a pair of percula and a pair of orange skunks in a 60 gal. tank for several years (4-5 years, I think) before I decided to break the tank down. They both had their own anemones on separate sides of the tank and both spawned regularly.

I don't think I would recommend trying this without a lot of planning and understanding of clownfish behavior, but it worked for me.

 

[ClownReef®]

Right now everybody ignores everybody.. I know that may change in the future

 

[Gkb480]

I had a black clown and an orange clown, just got rid of the black one as she always picked on the orange one, got a smaller orange clown today and the smaller one is now submitting to the bigger Orange clown.

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[oh207]

I have this pair in a RedSea Reefer Nano. I setup the tank exactly a year ago when the Nano was released and added these soon afterwards when they were tiny juvis.
They are both wild caught as per the LFS. I didn't get them at the same time, there was a month gap in between purchases.
Over the past year they both drift apart in coloration. From the looks, 1 might be a percula and the other an occelaris. If so, then this is as far as multicultural that my clowns ever get.

 

[ratienza80]

Really nice clownfish!


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[Azedenkae]

My mismatched 'pair'. The Skunk has been trying to submit to the Tomato, but the Tomato is a bit clueless.

Also excuse the blurriness. iPotato + super active fish.

 

[bat21]

Here's my happy couple. Same species, but multicultural in a way. Orange is the female.

 

[phender]

I have this pair in a RedSea Reefer Nano. I setup the tank exactly a year ago when the Nano was released and added these soon afterwards when they were tiny juvis.
They are both wild caught as per the LFS. I didn't get them at the same time, there was a month gap in between purchases.
Over the past year they both drift apart in coloration. From the looks, 1 might be a percula and the other an occelaris. If so, then this is as far as multicultural that my clowns ever get.

These are both ocellaris. I don't know if it is common, but the male in my ocellaris pair took on that nice reddish color as well.