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11/04/2007, 06:18 PM
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Onyx dilemma...
I have an extra onyx, as the older ocellaris clownfish I had recently died. This onyx is still small, and I'm not really sure what to do with it. Should I put it in the tank with the other two onyx I have that I'm trying to get to pair? They are all three still very young. How would having all three in the same tank affect their pairing?
Decisions, decisions. I can always keep him in my big tank. Just thought it might be neat to have the three together if it won't affect two of them pairing off. |
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11/04/2007, 11:18 PM
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you can keep ocellaris and percula in small groups, they kind of function as a harem or pack where there are two breeding individuals and...well the rest. I've never seen just three though usually 5
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11/04/2007, 11:57 PM
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Not to hijack his thread but if someone were to have a dedicated tank to just a large anemone, say ritteri, and clowns, how many clowns could you keep in the same tank if you put them all in as juvenilles to start?
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11/15/2007, 04:24 AM
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As I understand it the more the better. 7 seems to be the magic number
 Also, if you add them all at the same time as juvis you have the best chance at a nice docile haram. Also, it may be a good idea to pick a touch larger dom pair than the three, or more, smaller ones. I hope this helps. Best in pairs or groups of 5, 7, etc... I've talked with Rod Buehler about this recently and 3 can be done but there's more of a chance that two will pair up and shun the third. |
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11/15/2007, 11:22 AM
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You definitely need an odd number for some reason....
I've tried 8 three times, and they don't like it.
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11/15/2007, 11:54 AM
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Near term anything is possible, long term the risks far out weigh the advantages.
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11/15/2007, 09:43 PM
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I am not sure how stable the large groups are that we see in the wild.
Based on aquarium behavior and videos of wild "family" groups interacting, I would be willing to bet that the spawning pair in the anemone is stable but the rest of the individuals, especially the smallest ones, have a pretty high turnover rate. That's just a hypothesis based on observations, not a researched fact.
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11/15/2007, 10:02 PM
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I keep three A. percula in my 20 g aquarium with my Haddoni carpet. They seem to do fine. The smallest one get put into his place once in a while but he still hanging around with the other two in the anemone (getting rather large for a 20 g tank. I have stop feeding the anemone other that whatever snails fallen on him and the fish food that he caught.
I have tried to keep more in a small tank (20g) before but not able to do it.
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