Two different clowns.

[Naterade86]

My buddy has a black clown and a maroon they are adolescents and he is trying to get rid of them I currently have no fish as kine died a few months back after a serious failure (since fixed ) is there any reason why I cannot have two different clowns. Would they coexist

 

[hotelbravo]

Normally 2 different clowns is okay but in this case you have a maroon and he will almost certainly kill the ocellaris. The maroon becomes very aggressive when it matures and all friends it had previously he will decide to kill. I think most people would agree here that you shouldnt mix those two species..

 

[addictedreefer]

You can try it, those two species have been bred before. However, be prepared to pull one of the clowns if aggression ensues.

 

[D-Nak]

If you luck out and the ocellaris becomes the female you might be okay.

 

[hotelbravo]

I had a female ocellaris and a juvenile maroon. My ocellaris begain being waaaaay to aggressive and killed 3 fish, I stopped her from killing my maroon and brought her to the lfs. I later had to get rid of the maroon because he would beat up any fish that swam near my anemone. I tried to make it work but in my case it didnt. I asked the experts on here their thoughts throughout this whole process and I dont think ive recieved any positive advice it was all "get one of them out of there before WW III starts" so you can be lucky and have it work but its not likely from what ive been told.

 

[Azedenkae]

The only advice with a pair of Clowns is 'hope they work out'. Doesn't matter if they are the same species or otherwise, they will go through the ritual, and there is ALWAYS a chance that one of the two will die. That's just how it is with Clowns. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. If you are to keep Clowns as pairs, prepare to have one die. Because the line between acceptance and killing is very thin, and before the dominant one makes its decision, the two will go through fights.

Okay sure there are exceptions, and sure some species are just more aggressive than others, but once it comes to pairing, it's all about chance. I had a Maroon and a Skunk together fine, likely comepletely and utterly. I've also had a Clarkii completely go all out on a Occy when it was pairing with a Tomato.

I've seen that same Clarkii get bullied by its Clarkii mate at the LFS, and the Occy was the dominant of its Occy pair at the same place.

So there.

 

[ThRoewer]

... I think most people would agree here that you shouldnt mix those two species..

I personally think you shouldn't mix (= crossbreed) any species.