2 different pairs of clown in a tank? BAD IDEA?

I have 2 Percula clownfish and 2 cinamon tomato clowns in my 65 gallon tank. they do chase eachother and nip a little but that is about it.

Should i remove one of the pairs?

 

Hey! We have been discussing this subject before! Please check this thread: http://www.3reef.com/forums/tropical-fish/tomato-clown-fish-together-other-clown-fishes-44036.html

 

If they where introduced at the same time into the tank, you "should" be ok

 

If chasing about an nipping...move one pair out.

 

sooner is better than latter.

HI,
I have to many species in one tank, what I have noticed to clown bigger is a problem young clowns are pretty much shunned or attacked by larger clowns, of any species.
My clarki are huge they even argue with my tang who is a really nasty tempered fish when ticked of, mr jack the ripper with the tail.
I have about 40 % of my tank filled with live rock this allows each to find a nich to call home, mine usally fight over the LTA or even the large mushroom and LTA substitute.
My damsels have to hide in the rock from the killer clarki, go figure. the chromis are pretty much docile i have seen them display some lately they are about 1 y/o
My burgandy clarki have the back left corner woe is to anything that enters the no fish zone surrounding their space. even me that female can really nip.
My skunk shrimp get along with everybody . they are constantly grooming my nails when I scrape the glass it feels weird to clean the glass with a shrimp on your hand..
If i ever set up another tank I will buy the entire group together while they are pretty small and never add to a established tank, they will pretty much over whelm the newcomer who will probably slowly starve trying to hide.Its weird one fish will pick on another and the whole tank will attack the one fish its like a wolf pack outsiders are driven off. even different species will help out when its time to whoop-ass on a new comer. Geeze I just bought that fish...

My 2 cents.
Doug

you can see how mcuh rock is behind the fake coral , my tank is starting to age a about 1 y/o it seems to be pretty stable alittle green mostly green coraline algae, I am trying to intraduce some pinks and red, I did have to much filtration this tends to supress coraline cause it filters out the spores, I now only use a large fluidized bed filter and my Sump with skimmer all corals and LTA have taken off.
go figure.

 

I would remove one pair of the clowns to avoid possible aggression and territoriality outbreaks from becoming more evident and detrimental in the near future!
Tomato Clowns are very aggressive and get rather large in comparison to the False or True Percula Clowns adding to the possible problem!

 

Ditto what reef stated...Remember, clowns are near distant cousins of the damsel and can show many of the same aggressive and territorial behaviors..
Good luck...8)