Maroon with an Ocellaris?

bcollett

Member
Im wondering how many people have had success with keeping a Maroon clown with any other species of clownfish. Ive come across some inexpensive Maroons at a LFS near by. I was told that they are captive/tank raised and they are still quite small. I'm just about done stocking my tank with fish, and currently have
3 Zebra/Bar Gobies,
2 Purple Firefish,
1 Mandarin Goby,
1 Yellow Wrasse,
1 Ocellaris Clown.
I'm wondering if the tank raised Maroon clown might be more docile than a wild caught couterpart. Also, aside from the wrasse, the Maroon would be the smallest fish in the tank.
The only other addition i would like to add is a Yellow Tang.
My tank size is a 90g. with approx, 175lbs of live rock in the DT. I dont have any anenome's and only 1 piece of Torch coral which my current ocellaris doesn't seem to care about. Do you think it would be safe to add the Maroon or should I buy another ocellaris?
Thanks for the advice.
 

lmecher

Member
No, adding a maroon would be a mistake, in time you run the risk of loosing the ocellaris. Ocellaris are rather mild mannered, get along much better with other tank makes. If you decide you have to have a maroon, sell or trade the ocellaris. That is just my opinion, my maroon had the tank to itself because it didn't play well with others.
 
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