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Different color clowns? Same tank

Hey guys, once in a while I see a tank that has an orange and a black perc clown, how is this done? Introduce at same time or buy one a lot larger than the other? I have seem them done in like nano tanks, which is what I would want to do, either 24 or 40. Please let me know thanks in advance.
 
if anything i would say to introduce both at the same time. my percula "sampson" killed his first mate, his second mate commited suicide and his third is getting battered. point being that as time goes on and he gets used to the tank being "his" it gets harder and harder to introduce another in
 
Get a real small one and a medium one at the same time. Maybe you get lucky and pick a male and female or one will morph
 

panmanmatt

Officer Emeritus
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I have and orange and a black perc in a 29 gallon tank. The orange was added first and the black about 6 months later. If you add them that way be sure the second one is smaller than the original one. If you add them together try getting them the same size.

Percs are percs regardless of colour. It's the mixing of different species that becomes really tricky.
 
The bigger the tank the better your luck. I have a pair of maroons and a pair of black percs in mine. They never fight and stay at opposite ends.
 
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