Mixing clowns ? New to old

[Z06-Hec]

I started with a pair of Wyoming Whites that i am pretty sure were paired. The bigger one pushes the smaller one around and the smaller one does this sort of twitching moving when the larger is around... Not even sure what the smaller one is doing that for or what it means.
Anyway
I got a pair of Nearly naked and the bigger one is the size of the smaller of the Whites so the other naked is smallest.
I noticed a lot of aggression from the whites especially the smaller white which to me is weird since the larger one is the bossy one.
My tank is 150gal 72" long. I knew there would be some aggression but with that long a tank i figured they could each have a side...

Turns out the nakeds insist on being with the whites.... It seems as the aggression has been dying down little by little. I have even caught the nakeds sleeping on the same side as the whites, albeit nakeds on top and whites on bottom, still same side.
During the day the nakeds will move to the middle or right side of tank but they do swim back and forth as opposed to the whites that stay on the left side all the time.

I put an elegance coral on the right side of the tank and put a BTA on the left, but its a tiny one and it is hiding. No one is hosting anything...

What are your thoughts ?
Will they eventually get along or always fight?

 

[juggalogentry]

its hard to say, i believe (and i may be wrong) they all have different personalities even within the same species. All you can do is watch and pay close attention. Are all of their fins okay? no nips? how bad is the aggression? are any of them hiding from another at any point throughout the day? is there ramming or just chasing? as far as hosting ive herd some captive bred clowns take forever (if they even ever host) are yours ocean caught or tank bred?

 

[Z06-Hec]

All of mine are tank bred.
All the clowns fins are perfect, no issues.
They chase them, but it looks like they have been calming just a bit.

Before i added the naked ones the larger white would kinda shove the little white around literally face to body and push it all over.
Now its really just chasing the naked ones away from their area. But as i mentioned i woudlve thought the aggression come from the larger but instead its like the smaller white is defending the larger one. I've never seen aggression from the small white till now.

 

[juggalogentry]

what you may have seen between the original two may have either been aggression or some kind of couples dance, after adding the other two it was probably territorial , as long as it dont get deadly before the others learn whats whos, itll sort out and be okay. Just all my opinion though, sometimes i wish they could just talk to us lol tell us whats on their minds

 

[Z06-Hec]

Yeah i wouldve thought the new ones got the point and stood on the other side, more than enough room, but its like they insist on being friends with them. LOL

 

[Z06-Hec]

to add, the fact that the whites do not go past a third of the tank is probably why they arent nipping or getting too crazy. They stop chasing once they have gone past a certain point and return to their spot.

 

[juggalogentry]

yeah sounds like the new ones wanna be friends and the old ones are marking territory with the fact they stop past a certain point.

 

[Z06-Hec]

Interesting... Home from work today cleaning the skimmer and socks and noticing the naked ones are in the same area the entire time with the whites and no chasing or fighting.....

 

[juggalogentry]

eace: in the tank, very nice. everyones fins still looking good? if so id say the mixer was successful