Help with new clown fish.

[Drdrew99]

I have three clown fish in a 200 gallon reef tank. Just tried to add two more clowns and they’re being bullied by the original three clowns. ! I have placed them in a floating plastic breeder box for now. Any suggestions for how to re-introduce them to the community.? My wife thought that it might help to put the three original clowns in the breeder box while the new ones established themselves in the tank. Good idea?

 

[Aardvark1134]

I assume you understand with clowns this is the expected result.
Usually to have more than a pair long term you need to add them all at the same time.
One exception is if you have a 6ft tank which it sounds like you might sometimes you can get away with 2 pairs that may or may not have been added at same time. Having 5 not all added at the same time is asking for trouble unless they are all less than inch long or your tank is just huge.

 

[Drdrew99]

Lol. Yes I understood that. I was hoping that they would “just work it out“.