Did i make a mistake????

preston469 · Feb 3, 2014

Okay so I set up a 55Gal Tank about 4 weeks ago and just added my first fish, they are 4 little clown fish about 1" long each. 2 Snowflake clowns and 2 white ocellaris clowns and this morning when the lights are coming on they have been fighting each other like crazy, I'd really hate to see any of them die, any help or info would be great!

Tank setup 55Gal
50lbs live rock
40lbs sand

parameters
ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
PH 8.1
1.024

Daniel@R2R · Feb 3, 2014

Too many clowns. You only want 1 pair in a tank that size. They're going to fight until you separate them or they kill each other.

Diamond1 · Feb 3, 2014

Clown fish can be very aggressive to their own species.
I would only have 2 of them in a tank that size. Any more than that your asking for trouble.

preston469 · Feb 3, 2014

Thanks guys gonna try and decide which ones to remove now :/

ohio reefer · Feb 3, 2014

I'd keep one snowflake and one white. And return the others. Multiple clowns can be done. But not long term, once a pair starts to mature or breed things will go south very quickly.

HiddenUser · Feb 3, 2014

mdbannister said:
Too many clowns. You only want 1 pair in a tank that size. They're going to fight until you separate them or they kill each other.

+1

Keep the snowflakes!

preston469 · Feb 3, 2014

Daniel@R2R · Feb 3, 2014

preston469 said:

Wow! Those are all beautiful...that would be a tough decision.

preston469 · Feb 3, 2014

mdbannister said:
Wow! Those are all beautiful...that would be a tough decision.

I know!, it's gonna be very hard I might end up keeping the whites just because I have a pair of black ice snowflake clowns at home

BENT STIX · Feb 3, 2014

I kept 10 clowns in a 45. However... They did not fight because there were plenty of anemones for them all.

Daniel@R2R · Feb 3, 2014

BENT STIX said:
I kept 10 clowns in a 45. However... They did not fight because there were plenty of anemones for them all.

Interesting...how long did you keep them there?

preston469 · Feb 3, 2014

I do have 2 nems at home I plan to transfer at a later date tanks not ready yet I'd hate to kill my nems

darren.funk · Feb 9, 2014

Those platinum clowns are like 200$... You better not kill one, otherwise if you are I want one for free

preston469 · Feb 9, 2014

They are separated already?

djoutkast22 · Feb 12, 2014

Well the platinums are perculas and the snowflakes are occ's so there for the reason of fighting

Trex · Feb 12, 2014

djoutkast22 said:
Well the platinums are perculas and the snowflakes are occ's so there for the reason of fighting

Tell that to my mixed pair --- B&W O, and wild caught SI perc --- can't be 100% sure because of where the rock is placed, but it appears that they have been spawning for the last couple of months.