Will they get along?

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mmspear

Ok here is the deal I need some helpful advice... I have a nano with two young paired false percs living happily. I have a 72 reef tank with a large marron and his green bta and a smaller clark clown. I am wanting to sell the nano and put the two false perks in the larger tank if you guys think they will get along. The only time the marron shows any aggresion is when someone comes near is beloved bta. I am going to pick up a carpet anemone for the perks this weeked. If i put the perks and the carpet in the big tank would this be to much? What do you think???
 
Not speaking from experience here, so your mileage may vary, but maroon clowns are known as being one of the most aggressive species. I don't think your tank is large enough to avoid the conflict.

I have a false percula in a 120 and she chased a new ocellaris out of the tank and it ultimately ended up as fish jerky.
 
From experience, the maroons DO NOT like any clowns! not even RUSTY!
They do not get along well at all with other clowns, even if they seem peaceful enough.
Another thing is that your percs may go after the maroon since they're paired up.
Either way, it'll be WWIII

And the carpet anomone, well, they are not the most peaceful anomone either. They're known to eat small fishes and clowns may not host in them. Check out this thread: http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=27501
 
In fact I did read that post but I also read the one with this link listed as a reference
http://clownfish.webreefs.com/

I had a green BTA in the tank with the two perks and they did not give it a thought but when I gave it to the maroon he want leave it alone. I looked at this site and it states the carpet. SO who knows FORD OR CHEVY right??
 
This may be more trouble than it is worth, but if you are really attached to these fish and want to keep the four of them in the 75, here is an idea that might just be crazy enough to work. All you need is a big trap and a QT tank. If your gbta is on a small and/or movable rock this will be easy.

1. First make sure temp, PH and salinity are all the same on all three tanks, easy to do.
2. Remove the percs from the nano and move them to you QT tank, also easy.
3. Then sink a large fish trap into the 75 and carefully put the nem-rock into the fish trap, you will probably need a big one like one of Marc's big traps. The maroon will go into the trap easily to be with his beloved nem. Then gently move trap containing the maroon, the rock and the nem to the already established nano, and slowly sink it to the sand. You may not even have to remove the rock; just let the maroon continue to host the nem on its rock inside the trap, just tie the door open. Because the rock and nem will be the most familiar thing to the maroon he will probably feel comfortable right there inside the trap if it is big enough.
4. Add a new nem to the 75 on one far end of the tank, and give it some time to get settled in. Put the percs in and let them establish a new territory in the new nem in the new tank.
5. Then later re-introduce the maroon on the opposite end of the 75 by placing the nem and rock there.

Well. It looks good on paper, anyway. Probably what will actually happen is this:

The Clarki will take up residence in the new nem and not let the percs near it. Or. The two nems will leave their prospective rocks and meet in the middle of the tank. The nems will then join hands and skip off to some hidden cave and leave the clowns to duke it out.
 
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