occelaris and maroons

[sgarron]

I have 2 occelaris clowns and a rbta that have been in the same tank for 3 months now. The clowns have not gone near the anemone let alone host in it. The tank is 65 gallons, I am picking up a 180 next week, and will be adding a carpet for these guys. With a tank that size could I add a maroon or 2 for the rbta? Or is that too small of a tank for 2 species of clowns?

 

[JetCat USA]

Maroons are aggressive and i had to catch my female out of my 180 and banish her to the sump for a few yrs for her aggression toward my Occelaris clowns, she gets along fair with my Clarkii pair but she does try to keep them on their end of the tank now. I'd just give your clowns a bit longer and they'll find the nem and take to it more then likely.

 

[sgarron]

The maroon is my favorite but, I wouldn't mind another type instead. What clowns naturally host in the bta that would get along with my occelaris in a 180?

 

[JetCat USA]

the E quad naturally in the wild hosts:

A. akindynos
A. allardi
A. bicinctus
A. chrysopterus
A. clarkii
A. ephippium
A. frenatus
A. latezonatus
A. mccullochi
A. melanopus
A. omanensis
A. rubrocinctus
A. tricinctus
P. biaculeatus

I've had my Clarkii in with several other types of clowns and never had any problems out of them but if given the chance I'd say they'll take the carpet from the occelaris if they so choose and that's if you even get them in it to start with. doesn't sound like you have much patients with them and the BTA to me...........