Species profile
Ocellaris clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common marine hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | saltwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy |
| Minimum tank | 20 US gal / 76 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 9 cm |
| Temperature | 24-27 C |
| pH | 8-8.4 |
| Hardness | Not applicable or not reviewed-Not applicable or not reviewed dGH |
| Salinity | 33-35 ppt |
| Temperament | semi-aggressive |
| Aggression notes | Hardy reef fish, but established pairs can defend a territory around their host area. |
| Diet | omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | medium |
| Reef safe | Yes |
| Plant safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Invert safe | Yes |
| Compatibility tags | saltwater, reef-safe, captive-bred-common, semi-aggressive, territorial-pair |
| Avoid with tags | very-aggressive-fish, tiny-passive-goby |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Ocellaris clownfish.
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Banggai cardinalfish live together? compatible
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Blue tang live together? caution
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Firefish goby live together? compatible
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Green chromis live together? caution
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Mandarin dragonet live together? compatible
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Royal gramma live together? compatible
- Can Ocellaris clownfish and Yellow tang live together? caution
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.
- WoRMS taxon search - Marine taxonomy verification lead only.