clownfish and anemone

Hi I have had paired tank raised ocellaris clownfish for a good 6 months and the have decided which is female and which is male but they would not go into a bulb tip anemone. I no your not supposed to mix clownfish but i thought it was worth a shot, so i got a wild ocellaris that was already hosting an anemone. So i bought the package and acclimated them. once they were in i was ready with my net if there was any conflict..... nothing happened. Instead they become good friends and swim in a trio!!! but the problem is that now the female of the paired tank raised clownfish went with the new wild male clownfish into the anemone and the other little male is left alone on the other side of the tank. Will they be ook or will they now turn on him...will he ever go into the anemone???

 

My opinion is that the 3 of them will not reside in the anemone. The pair will chase the smaller clownfish away.

What size is the tank?

For future reference an image of an anemone hosting clownfish taped to the side of a tank works pretty well. Strange but it works.

 

well the wild one is the smaller male and kicked out the larger male....it is a 125 gal. And wouldnt the other clownfish show him to go into the anemone since they are hosting one together so the pictures would not be necessary??

 

No the picture is only if you have that issue in the future.

Who knows why the female accepted the smaller wild male. Instinct and signals most likely.

If you look at an image of wild anemones and clowns you will usually see the immature males hanging around the very parameter of the anemone or under, just barely making contact. Usually those anemones are very large and immature/juvenile clownfish may go un-noticed by the dominate pair, they also have areas to flee to if need be.

A BTA is usually much smaller by comparison in your average home aquarium.

You could try adding another anemone, but the dominate pair may jump from one to the other.

The size of your tank plays well into the favor of the odd clownfish, he will probably be able to find a niche of his own. They may come together for brief periods but for the most part I do not see him occupying the same anemone with the dominate pair.

 

ok thank you for the help