adding clown after already having one

**troy1976** · 03-26-2009, 10:03 PM

ok i have an O. clown he's been in tank for about a month, i really wanted to buy 2 but they only had one, so i got him. my question is will it be ok to add another one now that i already have one in the tank? will there be any problems?

**AnthonyTCaps** · 03-26-2009, 10:12 PM

oh i know what there all going to ask haha
what size tank and what els do you have in it?

**troy1976** · 03-26-2009, 10:23 PM

ya forgot i am a dummy sometimes. 29 g, have the 1 O. colwn and 1 banggai cardinal, a torch coral and a daisy coral, 1 med. sized clam, 5 blue legged hermits, 2 emerald crabs, 4 astrea snails, and 1 little horseshoe crab

**snapdragon9** · 03-27-2009, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by troy1976

ok i have an O. clown he's been in tank for about a month, i really wanted to buy 2 but they only had one, so i got him. my question is will it be ok to add another one now that i already have one in the tank? will there be any problems?

From my own experience with already having an ocellaris clown, and adding another one...that wasn't the best idea. Within moments I put the clown in, he didn't last too long without the other clown beating the crap out of him. I guess its best to add them at the same time. I had to bring the clown back to the LFS right away.

**Tigerbarb** · 03-27-2009, 01:44 AM

Hmm...I think that could only work if you added an O. clown of the opposite sex of the one you have. Otherwise, the clown you have in your tank now will probably beat the crap out of the new one, like snapdragon said.

**troy1976** · 03-27-2009, 03:21 PM

well how can you tell difference between sexes

**travie** · 03-27-2009, 03:31 PM

The female will be bigger than the male.

**troy1976** · 03-27-2009, 03:33 PM

so if i go to LFS and buy the smallest one he should be male? but how can i tell what i already have. it was the only one in the tank when i bought it so had nothing to compare to. since it will be bigger will it change sexes?

**travie** · 03-27-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by troy1976

so if i go to LFS and buy the smallest one he should be male? but how can i tell what i already have. it was the only one in the tank when i bought it so had nothing to compare to. since it will be bigger will it change sexes?

Females can't change to male. Males can change to female. As long as you buy a male, you shouldn't have to worry about what you have.

**troy1976** · 03-27-2009, 03:43 PM

so then if i buy the smallest clown they have, it should be a male? so then the one i have will be bigger, if it is a male now then it will change? am i correct to assume this?