27 clowns in the same tank 27 months~Thread of the Month

mobert said:
Hi, <img src="/images/welcome.gif" width="500" height="62"><br><b><i><big><big>To Reef Central</b></i></big></big>

I will try to answer a few questions but it is best for you to start your own separate thread as I only know what worked for me and I really don't know if 7-8 clowns will work. It does seem that I only have one pair on the left in the Magnifica and the rest of them are on the right doing the group living thing. The two on the left rarely goes over to the right and vise versa. No fighting with the sixline wrasse at all. You need to protect the anemones from the powerheads. I have never had an accident but my anemones are established, happy and well attached. I have only had one newly introduced anemone let go and float. Your flow should be enough that the tentacles reach up into the flow and sway back and forth. They do not like direct flow onto their base. If you try to do multiple clowns, you definitely should try True Percs, maybe Occellaris or Skunks. Do not try with other types of clowns. Best of Luck.
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Yes I will be doign this with ocellaris clowns. How can I protect the powerheads? Should I put mesh over the intakes or should I use different powerheads all together?
 
So is the trick to have smaller cowns then your main ones so that they are thinking that they are the parents

btw amazing tank man , well done
 
Nemo Niblets said:
If I did this on a 2 foot cube (60g) do you think I could do 6 clowns?
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Sorry, I don't know.

asmodeus said:
So is the trick to have smaller clowns then your main ones so that they are thinking that they are the parents
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Smaller does not always work as size is not a true indication of sex or age. In the last situation the older clown was a known male having just been taken from the female Occellaris and the babies are obviously babies. The parents would normally eat the larvae as they hatch so I would not put fishes together if one fits in the other's mouth.
 
janey said:
Just found this. And WOW Really nice... What camera are Using ?
Great Pics..
J
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Hi,
Over the years I have been using several different cameras. Generally the best pictures were taken with a Canon EOS10D with a 50 MM lens. Most of the early shots and some of the current ones were with an old Sony Cyber-shot MPEGMovieEX, then recently I have taken a bunch of shots with my iPhone. I am learning a little bit all the time. Thanks.
 
THATS TOO DOPE!!! very nice tank

quick question what anemome would you recomend
for a 29g??

my lighting is currently one 10k and one actinic
 
what is your technique for removing them?

Carl

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chrischin29g said:
quick question what anemome would you recomend
for a 29g??

my lighting is currently one 10k and one actinic
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The only clown hosting anemone that might survive in a 29 gallon would be a BTA. Survival depends on the amount of light and water parameters more than the color temperature of your lamps. My 29 gallon has had BTA's and they did poorly under 72 watts and better under 144 watts though not much growth or vibrant color as under 400 watts in the 210 gallon.

Welcome to Reef Central. Please direct future general questions to the Anemone and Clownfish forum or do a search there for a multitude of answers to your questions. Thanks.
Roxie said:
How many clown fish do you still have?
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Dunno. Hard to count.


Reefski's said:
what is your technique for removing them
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Removing from the rocks for me is almost impossible. I have never been able to remove one other than one that is actively moving around. I arrange my rockwork such that it leans agains the back and side of the tank and they naturally migrate up and compete for light. When they are on the glass, I remove them with a credit card. Otherwise I have sold them with rock. I have tried ice on the foot base, hanging the rock just above the water (loooooong stretch but no release), powerhead aimed at the foot, gentle peeling, etc. etc. Maybe others have smoother rocks and are able to remove anemones off the rockwork, but I have not been successful.
 
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hey amazing tank. i wish to have a tank like this in the fute. thinking of something you did:) thanks for the videos also, i really enjoyed them. by the way what you feen the rbta?
 
Zuska said:
hey amazing tank. i wish to have a tank like this in the fute. thinking of something you did:) thanks for the videos also, i really enjoyed them. by the way what you feen the rbta?
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Thanks,

I mix up a batch of food made from shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams, oysters, squid, octopus, perch, brine shrimp, nori, mysis, krill, cyclopeeze, fish roe, fish food pellets (Spectrum), golden Pearls, Garlic, Selco, rotifers, and baby brine shrimp. I put each ingredient in a food blender individually to get consistent sizes and stir it in a big mixing bowl, freeze and feed as often and as much as your tank filtration can handle. I feed one ice cube size 4 to 7 times a week. You can feed much less often.

This mixture is my interpretation of Eric Borneman's Coral food recipe.
 
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