Clowns

[David S]

I've a mating pair of oscell's and a pair of picasso grade A clowns who get along fine in a 60(uk gallons)g tank,and thats with a clutch of eggs laid every 2 weeks.I also know someone who has 4 different pairs of clowns in his 180g tank,But again as stated its all down to the clowns themselves.

 

[zacheyp]

my plan is to get a juvenile oscellaris and a juvenile b&w with the oscellaris being bigger

 

[zacheyp]

has anyone had expierence pairing up these 2 different types of clowns, some say i can, some say i cant

 

[joy13]

Usually but not always the larger clown fish becomes female and the smaller becomes male. It really comes down to which is more dominate. Clownfish
Sex change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forming pair bonds in clownfish - a knol by Anonymous

As far as keeping 2 different types of clowns together personally I wouldn't risk it. Not even on an off chance they might get along.

 

[zacheyp]

but there the same type, just different color

 

[Tracie6283]

We have both......

 

[zacheyp]

do they fight with each other?

 

[joy13]

I thought you meant a tomato clown pair with the other pair pf percs.

 

[Tracie6283]

No they're the same kind, just the coloring is different. And we made sure the orange was smaller than the black

 

[zacheyp]

@ joy 13, 1ll i want is 1 black and white ocellaris and 1 orange ocelarris, is that ok, tank is currently cycling, 20 gallon long, stocking will be
2 ocellaris (1 b&w 1 orange)
1yellow watchman goby
1longnose hawk fish
1 royal gramma
MAYBE 1 fish TBD (suggestions???)

Inverts
4 assorted hermits
3 assorted snails
4 assorted shrimp
1 reef lobster

Corals
1 frogspawn
1 waving hand
1 kenya tree
2 mushrooms
2-3 leathers
3-4 zoas