Clownfish Compatibility

[ChrisTran]

Yesterday I bought a pair of SA fancy snow and today I came across a nicer pair of Platinum that i couldn't pass up. So i ended up with 2 pairs. I like both of the pairs and would like to keep them in a 45g. Will i be able to keep them together if i introduce them to the tank at the same time? Short term? Long term?

 

The fancy snow pair is a bonded pair and the platinum ones are juvenile. Should i add the young ones in the tank first and add the bonded pair in later?

Chris

[roni]

I probably wouldn't try it in that small a tank. Once they get to breeding age, they aren't going to be very receptive to other clownfish. There are groups of clownfish that host in the wild in one anemone but the anemones are pretty big and the smaller clowns are always subordinate to the dominant pair, not additional pairs.

[ChrisTran]

Too bad, i want to keep them all Here is a picture of the fancy snow bonded pair. I will post more pictures when they arrived

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2012 by ChrisTran

[smallreef]

Its really hard with clowns... they like to have a LARGE home range... if you upgraded to like a 150g its more likely

[treesprite]

I would not put them all in the same tank.

 

Those snows are beautiful.

[roni]

Don't you have a 150 as well? Or is there a pair in there already?

[ChrisTran]

Yes i do have a 150g. I have a pair of oxy snowcasso in it. Maybe i take this pair and put it in the 45g and put the new 2 pairs in the 150g? What do you guys think ?

[smallreef]

I think that would be the best possibility of it working...