FISHY ONE Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 i have been talking with a guy in the US and a clown or a pair of colwns is ok, but he says that if you were to put 10 or more in a tank then the would be ok and not probs, but anything under that you will have dramas, any one have any thoughts on this? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex82 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 From young yes they will become a harem. The biggest most dominant will become female and the next in line will become male and the rest stay indifferent. With a big enough group the aggression is spread over a larger group so no single fish gets the hiding. If you tried it with larger fish it will not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yep its just like most cichlids/damsels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHY ONE Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 with one breed ok, but how would i go if i applied the same idea to about 3 different breeds? eg start then all in the same tank from small baby fry so to speak, would that work??? or would it be more like 3 gangs of fish having a gang war against each breed?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex82 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Given that occys and Percs will interbreed I would say it would work for them. Maroons etc I can't see it working lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) As clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites the largest/most dominant will become the female, the next largest will become male and all the others remain immature until there's a spot they can fill. I'd imagine you could cause problems if you didn't start with small enough fish. Edit: d'oh didn't read the post from [MENTION=2266]rex82[/MENTION] properly - sorry to repeat Edited July 30, 2013 by PeterJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHY ONE Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 thanks for the info lads, now one other question, what the max number of clowns i could keep in a 4x2x2and a half? lxwxh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
