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01-19-2008, 12:48 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008
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 |  2 different pairs of clown in a tank? BAD IDEA?
I have 2 Percula clownfish and 2 cinamon tomato clowns in my 65 gallon tank. they do chase eachother and nip a little but that is about it.
Should i remove one of the pairs? | 
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01-19-2008, 12:52 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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If they where introduced at the same time into the tank, you "should" be ok _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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01-19-2008, 03:41 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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If chasing about an nipping...move one pair out. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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01-19-2008, 05:08 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
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HI,
I have to many species in one tank, what I have noticed to clown bigger is a problem young clowns are pretty much shunned or attacked by larger clowns, of any species.
My clarki are huge they even argue with my tang who is a really nasty tempered fish when ticked of, mr jack the ripper with the tail.
I have about 40 % of my tank filled with live rock this allows each to find a nich to call home, mine usally fight over the LTA or even the large mushroom and LTA substitute.
My damsels have to hide in the rock from the killer clarki, go figure. the chromis are pretty much docile i have seen them display some lately they are about 1 y/o
My burgandy clarki have the back left corner woe is to anything that enters the no fish zone surrounding their space. even me that female can really nip.
My skunk shrimp get along with everybody . they are constantly grooming my nails when I scrape the glass it feels weird to clean the glass with a shrimp on your hand..
If i ever set up another tank I will buy the entire group together while they are pretty small and never add to a established tank, they will pretty much over whelm the newcomer who will probably slowly starve trying to hide.Its weird one fish will pick on another and the whole tank will attack the one fish its like a wolf pack outsiders are driven off. even different species will help out when its time to whoop-ass on a new comer. Geeze I just bought that fish...
My 2 cents.
Doug
you can see how mcuh rock is behind the fake coral , my tank is starting to age a about 1 y/o it seems to be pretty stable alittle green mostly green coraline algae, I am trying to intraduce some pinks and red, I did have to much filtration this tends to supress coraline cause it filters out the spores, I now only use a large fluidized bed filter and my Sump with skimmer all corals and LTA have taken off.
go figure. 
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01-19-2008, 07:34 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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I would remove one pair of the clowns to avoid possible aggression and territoriality outbreaks from becoming more evident and detrimental in the near future!
Tomato Clowns are very aggressive and get rather large in comparison to the False or True Percula Clowns adding to the possible problem! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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01-19-2008, 08:14 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Ditto what reef stated...Remember, clowns are near distant cousins of the damsel and can show many of the same aggressive and territorial behaviors..
Good luck... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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