Clowns fish will kill other clowns?

[jayrezreef]

Jus picked up 2 platinum clowns and my snowflakes been going after them. I know their territorial should i risk it??

.l

 

[Nandez13]

Generally, the answer is no. Clowns do best as a pair. One of the clowns will become female and want to exert her dominance in the form of biting, nipping, chasing after the other dominant clown.

Can you keep multiple pairs of clowns? Sure, but I have rarely seen it be successful long term in tanks smaller than 6 ft.

 

[edd]

you don't mention what size tank you have.
like nandez said you can have multiple pairs. try getting another snowflake and keep them in that container together for a week or 2, then release them and see if they settle in.
i have 3 pairs in a 300. some issues when i added the black ice but they worked it out, now their fine.

 

[jayrezreef]

Its a 54g corner

 

[edd]

might be on the small side for 2 pairs. but you never know.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

That tank is way too small , take those fish back or watch the slaughter, I had that tank once , nice tank but very little room for battle .

 

[jayrezreef]

Yeah figured that jus spend 80 for a pair i have a trade pending for the snowflake

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I got a snowflake who's aggressive towards me.Goes after my hand.

 

[REEFSTA]

i have 2 pairs in my 75 for a few years now no issues

get a maroon and see if they still want to mess around lol

 

[jayrezreef]

Ended up trading the snowflake for some zoas played it safe

 

[Sanchez2896]

My snowflakes killed one platinum and then tried to catch the second one ... Not a good idea unless you add all at one time