B & W Clownfish?

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  1. Trigger01

    Trigger01 Plankton

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    B & W Clownfish? Help please

    I have a 150g reef tank, one week ago I added 2 B & W Clownfish (mated pair) which hosted my anemone right away. There was an orange clown already in the tank which had never hosted the anemone. The 3 seemed to be getting along fine till today I found the large B & W clown dead. Unfortunately the body had been ravaged by the other tank inhabitants so I wasn't able to tell what might have caused the B & W's death. Now the orange clown is right in the anemone and doing funny head twitching in front of the black ocellaris. The B&W clown which seems stressed from the loss its mate and isn't interested in the orange clown at all. The orange has never been agressive toward the B&W's as far as I've seen.

    My questions are:

    Do you think the orange clown killed the B&W clown?
    Are the orange and black/white clowns both ocellaris clowns?
    Is the orange now trying to "pair up" with the black?
    Will the black and orange ever pair up?
    Could the orange now go after the remaining black clown?

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  3. jhawkor

    jhawkor Millepora

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    aw man, real sorry about the loss. Hopefully the orange and the b&w clown pair up.
     
  4. Trigger01

    Trigger01 Plankton

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    Black Clowns...Help please!!

    Can anybody help me with some answers to these questions?

    Do you think the orange clown killed the B&W clown?
    Are the orange and black/white clowns both ocellaris clowns?
    Is the orange now trying to "pair up" with the black?
    Will the black and orange ever pair up?
    Could the orange now go after the remaining black clown?
    It is a 150g tank, can you put more that one kind of clown in a tank this size?

    Any help is greatly appreciated!
     
  5. Tadpole1mill

    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    IMHO

    i'm no expert.

    Can anybody help me with some answers to these questions?

    Do you think the orange clown killed the B&W clown? probably, you most likely had a female orange that killed the female b&w.
    Are the orange and black/white clowns both ocellaris clowns? yes
    Is the orange now trying to "pair up" with the black? probably, its starting off by forcing the "male" to make submissive behaviors towards it, and the male is probably really stressed out.
    Will the black and orange ever pair up? in my opnion they COULD but they most likely wont the male sounds like he'd be really stressed from the loss of its mate, IF they do might take awhile.
    Could the orange now go after the remaining black clown? if the black doesn't submit to it, yes.
    It is a 150g tank, can you put more that one kind of clown in a tank this size?
    some have done it but i would NEVER put more then one pair of mated clowns in ANY tank. one species, ONE pair. thats it. to me anythign else is just asking for trouble.