Clowns

abong · 07-23-2006, 11:53 PM

Can you put more than one kind of clown in the same tank? I have 2 perc. clowns and they dont want to go or dont know to go into my anemone. Maybe its because they are tank bred im not sure. Would the new clown, like a maroon clown, show the percs that they can go in there?

TheReefer12 · 07-23-2006, 11:57 PM

I believe that would work because I have done that. The only problem is that the maroon will protect whatever it hosts with and won't allow the other clowns to host.

Petunia · 07-23-2006, 11:59 PM

They say that they don't mix. I've seen it done but, wouldn't recommend it. Give the ones you have some time to adapt to a different environment. Tank raised clowns don't, usually, know what an anemone is.

abong · 07-24-2006, 12:03 AM

The clowns and the anemone have been in the same tank for about 7 months now and still havent touched it. Only about a month ago I moved them from a smaller tank to this bigger one. Plus I can always remove this 'new' clown from the tank if I needed to.

Loverotties · 07-24-2006, 04:30 AM

It should be ok! but if the tank is new.the anemone mite not live if the water quality isn't good and steady.