Maroon clown tank mates?

[Reefermadness89]

Alright so I have a paired up maroon clown murder squad in my tank, they were iffy at first but not won’t separate, even sleep in a cave I have at night, very exciting.
It’s a penninsula 20, can anyone else go in there?
I want a yasha goby and pistol shrimp or maybe a blend of some sort, somthing bottom dwelling or just a good hiding fish I guess.
Not sure if it’s possible, but if so I wouldn’t mind it. The clowns will be going into a 40b or 55lowboy tank once they get bigger.

 

[SDK]

Your 20 is already too small for a pair of Maroon Clowns. You’ll want to get them up into at least a 40 gallon aquarium before they outgrow their current tank. I would not add anything else unless you want to consider trading them in for a pair of smaller clowns like Occelaris....

 

[sfin52]

Agree a pair of maroons will wreck havoc in a tank that small

 

[Reefermadness89]

Oof, ok well currently they are both very small. Once this tank is up and running I’ll get the 40b setup and have them moved over.

 

[SDK]

That’s a good strategy. With a 40B you can add a few more fish...

 

[Reefermadness89]

Ok. Well dang my friend who has several tanks told me it was fine that sucks either way but they shouldn’t outgrow it in the next 6 months, again like an inch and the other is just over an inch so I hotness alittle time.

 

[KrisReef]

I might add the other fish first to the 40b so that they can get established before the Clown Terrorist are added.

My maroon knocks frags off of rocks and lifts rocks that must weigh 3x's as much as she does to clear out room for her anemone. I'm thinking of trading her and her mate and nem back to my friends LFS because she is so disruptive. I've lost quite a few corals to her mischief and my wife isn't bonded with the clowns yet.

 

[Reefermadness89]

Yeah I knew they were messy, I have flag glue stuff and was gunna glue all my rocks together anyways.
I know they suck but I like them

 

[Katrina71]

Maroons don't suck.

 

[KrisReef]

Mine do!
@Katrina71

They eat like a hoover vacuum cleaner.

 

[Katrina71]

Mine do!
@Katrina71

They eat like a hoover vacuum cleaner.

Ok, now that, I'll give you!

 

[Reefermadness89]

Well either way they are mine now.
They have interesting patterns for maroons, and I’ll set up that 40b before they outgrow this for sure, just gotta finish up the first tank lol

 

[WMR]

IMO, add your yasha/shrimp combo & other fish prior to adding clowns to 40b. Add them last, that way the other fish are established first, hope this helps

 

[Reefermadness89]

So I wanted them in this tank, I’ll get a bigger tank rolling in a few months, put the clowns in there and then add the yasha pistol to the 20 after the terrorists have moved to the new home.
For now with them being so small is it ok for them? Last thing I want is to be harming the fish, but they are small and it seems a good bit of space for them. Gunna have to throw hands at my buddy for giving me bad advice though for sure lol

 

[Katrina71]

Post a pic of your little devils

 

[SDK]

Good on you for keeping them and catering to their long term needs. Be patient and get the 40 going as soon as you can. I have kept several pairs over the years and as others have noted they can be a handful on both decor and other livestock.

For a 40b I would recommend doing more of a FOWLR type setup that is catered to the pair. Something with an anemone and possibly tougher mushrooms and palythoa. They are messy and eat a lot, so keeping SPS parameters in a smaller tank can be challenging.

I personally would not keep them in a “true reef” setup any smaller than 90 gallons. They are less disruptive in larger systems. Good luck and do a build thread when you get going.

 

[Reefermadness89]

When I get home I’l get a few shots of em.
Also I had been given this tank with a lion fish and rehomed him. First animal I’ve done that with, and felt bad but I won’t have a tank for him for a while so I think was in its best
Interest.
A Fowler 40b would be fun and less expensive compared to this reef tank I’m working on lol

 

[Katrina71]

I would hand feed them EVERY time. We've found less aggression with all of our fish that way. It might stave off them biting you later.

 

[Reefermadness89]

Here’s a few shots, the one with the white spot is always moving hard to get a good one, the bigger one with broken lines doesn’t have fully connect lines anywhere, I thought it was cool.

 

[Katrina71]

They are beautiful!!!