How many clowns are too many?

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I tried the severals juves from the same clutch,and it didn't go well.5 clowns in a 75.When 2 paired up they chased the rest.I had several rbtas spread out over the tank.I still have the pair they are 7 years old now.I also tried putting them in a 240 with a breeding pair of percs and about 8 rbtas, that lasted about a few hrs.I will not be putting more than 2 clowns per tank.
 
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bump .... i need to hear a success story asap !!! so 4 valentines day i got myself 6 clownfish , naked , nearly naked,2 phantoms,2 ocellaris, all small 1"
my 127g got a pair of platinium clowns female is 2" very aggressive so i had to put them in 30g refugium so my question is how long before they start killing each other ? right now it seem ok
how's it going?

as for success rate, there's really only 1 tank that's been successful with having many clownfish that were all raised together. tank was going ongoing for over 5 years I believe. I was in my 14mos when my tank decided to leak so I kinda have to start over on the timeline. I will have to see how it goes on from here.
 
I have 5 in a 55gal of 3 black which are bigger and 2 orange and for the first few days there was no fighting between the 2. Only the black were fighting with one being dominated and one doing the seizures. But now one of the black ones started chasing an orange one but hasn’t got to touch it yet. They hardly do it too and mostly swim together.
 

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