Second pair of clowns

[D.N.R.]

I've got a pair of bicinctus in the design spotcinctus. They are in a tank without anemone at the moment, as the bubble tips kept going up the overflow and back wall, towards the flow pumps.

I'm finishing up my tank upgrade. The new tank will be 111"*22"*22", so about 230gallons. It will have a bare bottom. I have glued in a wall at the right back corner of the tank to fill with substrate.

I plan to introduce Heteractis aurora anemones, which are sand dwelling and will hopefully stay in their sand box.

This had me thinking if I should build a similar sand box on the left side to house doreensis lta's and a pair of perideraion pink skunks.

This way each species would have their natural host anemone. Line of sight would be broken up with a pillar I build out of reef rock.

I've seen similar questions, but not about spotcinctus clowns. Looking forward to your opinions and feedback.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

@OrionN

 

[Ron Popeil]

i would wager that over time, the spotcinctus would get large and aggressive towards your pink skunks even with your display length. but at nearly 9 feet, and with plenty of visual barriers, youre positioned better than most to have these two species co-exist.

i think itll be a roll of the dice.

 

[D-Nak]

Despite a visual barrier between the two locations, it only takes one time for clownfish to see another for it to be potentially aggressive. I agree with @Ron Popeil that results will be unpredictable.

 

[D.N.R.]

i would wager that over time, the spotcinctus would get large and aggressive towards your pink skunks even with your display length. but at nearly 9 feet, and with plenty of visual barriers, youre positioned better than most to have these two species co-exist.

i think itll be a roll of the dice.

Despite a visual barrier between the two locations, it only takes one time for clownfish to see another for it to be potentially aggressive. I agree with @Ron Popeil that results will be unpredictable.

Thank you both for the input. If the two species aren't content staying in their respective hosts that's no good.

I will stay with my original plan and only add the spotcinctus to the big tank; I would hate to cause harm to fish in my care.