mixing clowns

[rstiles]

I have a small pair of tank bred maroons can I add a few tank bred ocellaris into the same tank? its a 55 with a lot of live rock.

 

[thegrog]

55 is too small a tank for different clown pairs. Especially if one of them are maroons. Maroon clowns are the most agressive species and will readily kill most any other clown you decide to put in there. The ocellaris won't stand a chance.

 

[jacob_poly]

If the maroon is still very small it might be ok for a while. But IMO, dont mix clowns in home aquariums. Ocassionally, you do find some exceptions where they live in the same tank and dont bother each other at all. But I wouldn't mix them with hopes of that.