how many clowns?

[Joel]

I have had a pair of saddleback clowns for approx. 1 1/2 years but my wife has now decided she wants a pair of true percs and a LTA. I have a 6 ft long tank with the saddlebacks and their LTA being on the far left side. The question is: Is it remotely possible to have 2 pairs of clowns and 2 LTA anenomes on opposite sides of the tank as hosts. I'm thinking that even though they do occasionally venture away from their anenome they are usually very quick to get back to it. If all this is possible and the anenome on the right tries to go toward the left side of the tank I would imagine their clowns would follow and there may be a big war eventually right? Just asking, I have found a lfs that really wants my saddleback pair and promised they could get a true pair but it may take several weeks. If I take the current saddlebacks out of my tank and have no clowns for the anenome for several weeks will the LTA be more likely to roam the tank. I have had this LTA for 2 to 3 years, it has split once, and has never (KNOCKING ON WOOD) roamed around the tank. (but it has always had a clown too) Sorry about the long post just need some opinions.

[JennM]

I know people that keep two species of clown in a 6' tank. As long as there is ample territory for both pairs, you should be OK.

I wouldn't recommend it in a smaller tank though, but in my younger, stupider days, I kept ocellaris and frenatus in the same 30 g tank (we bought the tank from another hobbyist, and it came complete with the fish!), and had no problems - but I'd consider that more the exception than the rule. We had no anemones in that tank either, the "technology" to keep them hadn't been figured out yet.

Jenn