what are your opinions on mis matching clowns?

[KAW750SS]

I was thinking about getting one black clown and one orange and white clown. What kind of problems do you think I could run into adding them at the SAME time. Think it is doable? it is a 40 gallon breeder reef.

Ive tried adding an orange clown into a tank that already had a black clown all settled in for 6 months and I had to get rid of the orange one.

 

[josh27]

You should be fine if they are both young and added at the same time. I currently have a pair of mixed black and orange occ clowns in my tank.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

They're the same species, so as long as they're young, you should be fine.

 

[bues0022]

Make sure the new clown is significantly smaller than the established one. You may also need to seperate one or the other in a breeder net for a few days.

 

[Tahoe Reefer]

They don't even need to be the same species, there are many natural/wild hybrids. Of course not all clowns mix but, Occi and Percs or Orange Occi and Black Occi is fine. I have a pair of clowns, a mix of Black Occi and "Smore" snowflake. The female was 1yr old and the male was added at 4 months old. It was almost an instant pairing and they've been happy ever since.

 

[KAW750SS]

If i choose to do a mix match then I will be adding two completely NEW clowns so there would not be a problem with an established clown in the tank.
This is all if I can bare to let go of my current pair. They may be fish but I still think "what if they get put into a "bad" tank?"