pairing fire clowns

[janusNraven]

I recently located a small fire clown for the large ag female that we have.(was told initially that it was a tomato but have discovered that it is a fire clown) any how....
the fish that we just got was a part of a pair before but lost its mate and was donated/adopted to our home.
our question is this.

the original clown is about 2 1/2" and the new one is about an inch. upon initially introducing there was quite a bit of chasing but not a lot of actual biting being done. The larger one seems to chase the smaller behind a rock in the corner where the smaller fish seems to camp out now.

the 2 of them pretty much ignore each other @ this point with the little one really stays in the corner behind a rock and ventures out about 6" but darts back as soon as it sees the larger fish. The big fish swims the tank but chills out in his corner by his anemone.
We are a bit new and can't seem to find too much info on fire clowns and the behavior to expect when trying to pair.


Is what we are seeing normal behavior for adjusting behavior?

 

[stykthyn]

these are hands down the meanest clowns Ihave ever kept. I would say that if the new guy isnt dead yet things are going well. just keep an eye on them in case things get too rough.

 

[janusNraven]

yeah they have had mostly little ****ing matches and the little one is really just hanging out in the corner and hiding when the big one comes around....I have a smaller system that if need be I can hold the little guy in.

now that I know that they are agressive should I be concerned with adding other fish of different species?

 

[janusNraven]

hmmm now that I have found a little more info I am begining to worry bout the well being of any future tankmates. hmmmm may have to see how they react to each other then see their behavior. hope I dont' have 2 terrors in the tank.

 

[stykthyn]

depends on body shape/size. I had some gobies and blennies that the clowns wouldnt give a second glance, but I added a coral beauty that made their hit list and a purple tang that was scared $hitle$$ for about 2 weeks until they finally left him alone. the ones I had were small too, the largest one was around 2.5", only half grown.