two pairs of clowns

[atlanticreef]

i have two orange and white clowns. and i seen in my lfs they have two black and white clowns that i want. the questions i have are these ok to be in the same tank together. as i have read they have would be ok together all is different is the colour as i have read, i just your take on this as i dont want to get them and have something go wrong. sorry dont know the proper names the clowns.

[Reefing Madness]

What size tank? Do you have Anemone?

[atlanticreef]

3ft x 2ft x 2.5 deep. yes but not 1 they can host in though well i think. is a atlantic anemone

[atlanticreef]

so nothing to quarrel over, or will i need 1? sorry wouldn't let me edit post

[Original Fin]

As I'm sure you've already observed, anemonefish can be aggressive when it comes to guarding their territory, some species more than others. Maroons and tomatoes certainly have that reputation.

Sounds like you may have perculas or Occelaris though...can you confirm? In a large enough tank, they'd probably pair up and claim separate ends of the tank. A 3' tank might be kind of iffy though...they're bound to get in eachothers way.

As far as anemones, that's a tall tank, so just make sure there is adequate rockwork so they can perch higher in the tank and get their light. Unless you are running 400w halides, you probably have very little PAR near the bottom.



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[FoMoCo Master Tech]

Hi at anti reef. I don't think your tank is big enough to house 2 pair of clowns. They'll probably end up fighting. Only much larger tanks can house multiple clownfish pairs.

[atlanticreef]

i have 2 orange and white occelaris clowns , the ones in the lfs are the same but black and white occelaris, my two now have paired and the two in the lfs are paired aswell. sorry i keep getting tank dimension depth wrong its 3ft x 2ft x 2ft bowfront fluval, hi fomoco thats a shame. im looking for to last fish as im not sure how much more i can i have. i have two clowns, 1 lawnmower blennie, 1 valentini puffer, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 dancing shrimp, corals i have are toadstool, various mushrooms, atlantic anemone , daisy polyops, torch coral and as of tommorow large frogspawn. 25-30kg live rock

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

With the amount of live rock you have, I'd say you're maxed out or even a little overstocked. You're system could handle a larger bioload if you added another 20kg or so of live rock. Can you give us some more information about your system (equipment used, age of the tank, if a sump or refugium is being used, how deep of a sand bed etc...). Also what's your water change schedule (how much and how often). Pictures would be good too.

[atlanticreef]

I have a fluval 205 canister filter,1 korola 900lph powerhead. And a 400lph powerhead. T5 lighting with a 24w 550mm extra high output marine blue 420nm actinic and same again but White and a v2 400 skimmer think it's a deltec model. I have a 3-4 inch sand bed.

[atlanticreef]

Water change is 50 litres every two weeks.

[atlanticreef]

It's been setup for 12 months now, sorry missed that question. I'll try upload some pics soon.