tank mates?

[Travis55]

Hey all, I started with a pair of true perc clowns. A girl I know is needeing to get rid of her fish. I got a humuhumu and two blue yellow tail damsels. They all get a long great! My question is, she has another pair of per clowns that grew up with the humu and damsels. Would I be ok to add that set with my current set?

 

[jburgi]

my guess is that it would depend a lot on how large your tank is. If it is a big tank, and there are plenty places for the new clowns to keep to themselves, there is a good chance they would be fine. I have a few friends with large tanks that have kept different clowns very successfully because they keep to themselves on opposite sides of the tank.

 

[carey]

I had 2 sets of oscellaris, b&w and orange in my 125g. They were fine for a few months then one day outta nowhere they decided it was game time. The poor b&w's got beaten up so bad I had to remove the orange ones. And this was in a 6 foot long tank. So be warned.....it usually doesnt work out

 

[Gregcoyote]

I had 2 sets of oscellaris, b&w and orange in my 125g. They were fine for a few months then one day outta nowhere they decided it was game time. The poor b&w's got beaten up so bad I had to remove the orange ones. And this was in a 6 foot long tank. So be warned.....it usually doesnt work out

I almost never works unless all the fish are added at once and even that is no guarantee. Putting multiple varieties of oscellaris, especially into a small tank where there is no place to run, is cruel. This is one where your desires should be tempered with the needs of the fish's. JMO.

 

[Hinds04]

99% chance it wont work, ending in removal or death