Black Percula get along with reg. Percula?

[sbubandit]

We are just setting up our tank from scratch again, since everything died in a 3 day long power outtage where the temp in the house was approx. 40 degrees.
So far all that is in the tank is 3 blue chromis, a powder bluetang, and a Coral Beauty angel, as well as one percula clown. The percula was just added 2 days ago, and then i noticed that SWF has black Perculas, which is what we wanted to put in, but the shop here wants 75 bucks apiece for them. We would like to add 1 black percula, and we are putting in a pink anemone, and maybe we'll pick up a bubble tip too. Nobody carries the pink anemones like we have anymore, cause they're very rare, but a relative got one years ago, and everytime it splits it gets passed around.
What i need to know is will a black percula and a regular orange one get along in the tank? TIA

 

[stupid_naso]

What size of tank do you have? Do you currently have a false percula or a real percula?

 

[carrie1429]

The regular false percs will get along with the black ones. I had a black and a regular together in my 84 gal I used to have and they got along fine together. Pretty much they are the same kind of fish just a different color.

 

[sbubandit]

The tank is 50 gallon, with a 20 gallon sump, in a custom built stand and hood combo that i made personally by hand. (Only hood i've ever seen that truly accomodates Metal Halide lighting.)
I think the current regular percula is a True perc., we used to have two true percs in the tank and they did fine. the current one is about 1.5"-2". if i got a black perc the same size would they be ok? they'll have plenty of anemone, the red ones we have get pretty big pretty fast.

 

[bang guy]

There are several different species that have a "Black" color morph and a couple that are normally black. You need to find the specie of the Black Perc in your LFS. If it's a True Perc and you have a True Perc and the smaller of the two hasn't changed to female yet then they will get along fine (after some squabbling about dominance).
I have a regular Perc and a Black Perc and they get along fine as you can see in the pic (they are spawning).