Multiple ocellaris clowns??

[.AcroKiller.]

I have a pair of small ocellaris on my 185 display but I bought a pair of adult black ocellaris can I add them to my dysplay

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[nerdwolf]

You can do whatever you want, but the common wisdom of today says it's not going to go very well for some of them.

 

[AirAngel]

I dont know either. The opinion of most is it will not work. However there are many who have done it.
I recently added 2 pair of juvenile clowns at the same time. Black Onyx (ocellaris) and Platinum (percula). Is it risky? Yes.
Do I have a back up tank if things go bad? Yes.

Bottom line is if you dont try, you'll never know.
Good luck

 

[sprinklerdudes]

emmmm, it might work, but it will proably result in finding a few dead fish hung in the overflow early one morning, or at least a exspensive snack for the hermit crabs,

 

[gmoney243]

Ive added a young small regular occ clown to my black/white pair and they just joined up with no issues at all. But im not sure how 2 females would do. 180 maybe big enough for both pairs but hard to say how they will react. Adding small males should be just fine tho if u want a brood of clownfish.

If u could eggcrate a section of ur tank off that way the 2 pairs could get used to eachother but not touch to fight might work. This works with aggressive freshwater fish and when mating agressive freshwater fish so might work here as well

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[Dowtish]

palvyre tried this in his 180 recently. It did not go well.

 

[.AcroKiller.]

palvyre tried this in his 180 recently. It did not go well.

I thought it was the sixline wrasse that gave him problems
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[nerdwolf]

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So many have tried and failed, and yet there are always a few that think they're going to beat the odds. While in some ways I admire their ability to throw caution, money, and probably their pet's lives to the wind, I think this old demotivational poster says it best: