Ocellaris and Tomato Clownfish coexist?

[landshark777]

Is it possible to have an Ocellaris and Tomato Clownfish in the same tank? They are both small.Will they battle to the death?

 

[Sdot]

Is it possible to have an Ocellaris and Tomato Clownfish in the same tank? They are both small.Will they battle to the death?

Depends on the size of the tank. I have 2 pair of different clowns in the same tank without issue.

System is 305 gallons.

 

[Azedenkae]

Is it possible to have an Ocellaris and Tomato Clownfish in the same tank? They are both small.Will they battle to the death?

Yes they can co-exist. If you only have one individual of each they seem to exhibit the same behaviors as any two individuals of the same species. I tried this three times now, and yeah they get along. Currently I have a cinnamon and ocellaris co-existing. Well, the cinnamon exerts dominance over the ocellaris by charging at it but stopping short of actually hitting, and the occy shimmies in response. So it's probably more accurate to say that they are pairing up.

Of course, I might have just been lucky all three times. Your experience might be different, but hopefully not.

 

[landshark777]

Yes they can co-exist. If you only have one individual of each they seem to exhibit the same behaviors as any two individuals of the same species. I tried this three times now, and yeah they get along. Currently I have a cinnamon and ocellaris co-existing. Well, the cinnamon exerts dominance over the ocellaris by charging at it but stopping short of actually hitting, and the occy shimmies in response. So it's probably more accurate to say that they are pairing up.

Of course, I might have just been lucky all three times. Your experience might be different, but hopefully not.

Thanks appreciate the help

 

[landshark777]

Depends on the size of the tank. I have 2 pair of different clowns in the same tank without issue.

System is 305 gallons.

thanks appreciate the advice

 

[revenant]

Thanks for the info about this specific issue.. and holy necro!!

I just moved fish from my 100G into my new 300g (96L x 30W x 23H) and I have a tomato which was added with that group, I had a bonded pair of ocellaris in the 300G as some of the first fish I added to it.. the tomato is chasing the female ocellaris around a bit.. this is day 1 after the move. I only have bubble tipped nems and the ocellaris never hosted them or showed any interest.. the tomato jumped right into the first nem like it was an old friend within mins of being added to the 300G.. the nems are on the far right side and I am thinking about getting a magnifica nem for the ocellaris so they have something to host... I am a little concerned but it's a large tank.. I figured they will sort it out, there is tons of space, tons of rock work.. the ocellaris sleeping spot is on the far left side to.. so they seem to have claimed the best spots to keep far apart..

it's day one.. I should just take a chill pill but I want everyone to get along.