Yeah the gold banded maroons are nicer, then the white striped specimens. With my gold banded i never had a problem they rarely left them nem even the female who was 4 inches or so. Idk about mixing them with other clowns i know its been done in bigger tanks but no personal experience. For example nineball on reefcentral, or if you youtube its peters fish tank hes got a pair of false percs and.marooons but his tank is 1250g display. And hes a pro