I have also had five of the same species in one tank. What happens is the largest two become a pair and beat up the smaller fish. The smallest eventually died because all the larger clowns picked on it. If you just have a pair of the same species they act like two kids in love most of the time.
It is cute. Show a Pic?? Can you keep 3 fish of the same species together? I'm new to the site so I wasn't sure where to post the picture. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
IME clowns don't mix. Even if you have peace in your tank for a year and a half the risk that they will go after one another is to high happened to me. If your going to try to pair your Clarki I would get one smaller than the one you have maybe smallest you can find. They grow about 4 inches long and tend to be more peaceful than their larger clown cousins and therefore can do quite well in a community tank environment.
Keeping clownfish in a community tank depends not only on how much room they have but also on their size and individual temperaments. Contrary to popular belief, not all species of clownfish can live together in harmony.
Cinnamon clowns, for example, should be kept with bigger species like tomato or saddleback clowns. The only time they should be kept with a smaller species, like true percula clowns, is if you have a very large tank with plenty of hiding places for the perculas to retreat to.
Maroon clowns are very big and highly aggressive. That said, you should only keep 2 maroons together in an aquarium — one male and one female, if possible — regardless of tank size.
Saddleback clowns are fairly docile and can be kept with other smaller clownfish like the true percula, for example. You can also keep saddlebacks with cinnamon or tomato clowns, but your tank must be very large and preferably planted. True percula clowns are the easiest to keep and usually get along well with each other. The pink skunk clowns are docile in nature and can live peacefully with the true percula clowns. It could likely cohabitate with the saddlebacks clowns as well.
This is due mainly to their naturally aggressive and territorial nature. Mother nature does not change how clownfish sexually mature in an aquarium and most captive bred clownfish are easy to breed in a home aquarium. You can even find bonded pairs available for purchase with a larger female and a smaller male at aquarium stores.
And while breeding clownfish and having the female lay eggs may be easy, if you want to successfully hatch the eggs and rear the juveniles, you need to be well prepared. Myth number four on our list is you cannot keep captive bred clownfish together in an aquarium. Tank-raised clownfish are not nearly as aggressive as wild-caught clownfish.
They are much less likely to be aggressive towards other fish in an aquarium. Our last myth is also the most common myth about captive bred clownfish: that they will not host in an anemone in your aquarium.
They have been paired in my tank for well over a year without an issue. All of the hybrids you see are a result of such pairings. I bought mine when they were both very young and small. I had the LFS put them in the same tank at the store to make sure they would not go after each other. The first pair we tried when after each other and would not stop. The pair I had now immediately began to check each other out, chase each other and then settle down. They have been paired ever since with no problem.
Just for the record, it has been done. There are clownfish pairs on iBluewater. For instance, they may have a percula and a maroon, or a tomato clown and a skunk clown. However, that is something only to be attempted by "experts" I guess, because It is a more common thing that the species percula and ocellaris may pair. I've seen a percula with a black ocellaris in my LFS. Take Sanjay's clowns for example. Those are like onyx mixed with black ocellaris I believe, and he's selling the offspring on LiveAquaria.
However, since you are a newbie, it would be best to get the same type of clown. If you want to be really sure you'll end up with the perfect pair, get two of the same kind. Fish are not difficult to keep.
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