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

hey mona...see your tank is still doing awesome. I talked to you a couple years ago about doing similar setup with my 220, ended up moving and then buying a house, so I still haven't done it yet. Now I'm thinking about doing something similar on a smaller scale with a 75/90. Do you still recommend I get the same number of baby clowns. You had given me info on who to get them from and I still plan on using her. Thanks for your time

Justin
 
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Hi Mona,
Did you receive my PM from last week? My batch of ocellaris are arriving on Wednesday and I am hoping to hear from you before then. Thanks!
 
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Hi Mona,
Thanks for your detailed and helpful PM which I had somehow overlooked in my mailbox. I really appreciate all of your advice.
 
Justin/TiV said:
hey mona...see your tank is still doing awesome. I talked to you a couple years ago about doing similar setup with my 220, ended up moving and then buying a house, so I still haven't done it yet. Now I'm thinking about doing something similar on a smaller scale with a 75/90. Do you still recommend I get the same number of baby clowns. You had given me info on who to get them from and I still plan on using her. Thanks for your time

Justin
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Hi Justin,
I had previously recommended more than 20 for your 220 gallon and selling the excess if you find that you have too many. Generally I would say not to add more than two clowns unless you start with some that have been raised together in a single clutch such that they work out their pecking order when they are really young. Also, I would not recommend three or four in one tank. Other than that, I would just be guessing as I only know what worked for me and have no idea of 5 or more would work for someone else, though I would be interested in hearing other experiences.

However, having raised Clarkii and True Percs, I would say that the Percs huddle in that swimming ball formation and Clarkii do not. I see no problems with keeping as many Percs together as your filter can handle. It would just be a big growout tank.

As far as a source, I got my clowns from Robin aka Fingerwrinkles (his RC handle). I would still recommend him as a possible source. You can also check the Breeding forum here for other possible sources.

ellislaw1 said:
Hi Mona,
Thanks for your detailed and helpful PM which I had somehow overlooked in my mailbox. I really appreciate all of your advice.
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Thanks for the PM. It is the preferred method to contact me for general questions about your tank and thus keeping on topic in this thread.
 
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thanks for the reply...yes, fingerwrinkles is who I talked to...and was happy with our discussions, I think I'm gonna do black false percs. I'm just now starting to collect equipment and such and if you would like I'll keep you in the loop once I introduce the fish. Thanks again

Justin
 
i have 2 picaso clown fish in a 220 gallon reef tank. they used to host a carpet anemone. that died and ever sence then they will not host a different anemone. if any one has any ideas on how to make them host a new anemone plzz post.
 
aquakid32 said:
i have 2 picaso clown fish in a 220 gallon reef tank. they used to host a carpet anemone. that died and ever sence then they will not host a different anemone. if any one has any ideas on how to make them host a new anemone plzz post.
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Welcome to Reef Central. You should post in the regular forum or search the anemone forum for possible solutions to your problem.
 
Hi Mona,

I have a question about breeding Percs. I have heard that raising the tank temperature and feeding a high fat food like black worms, will initiate breeding. Do you do anything like this, or is the food that you prepare enough?

Thanks,

Jerry
 
Beautiful........... May I ask what size tank? I'm still trying to determine the size tank to start this hobby. I'm thing 150 or 180.

thomas:beer:
 
mstrpln03 said:
Hi Mona,

I have a question about breeding Percs. I have heard that raising the tank temperature and feeding a high fat food like black worms, will initiate breeding. Do you do anything like this, or is the food that you prepare enough?

Thanks,

Jerry
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I do not raise the temperature nor feed black worms. My Aquacontroller II is set at 80 degrees but it does fluctuate plus or minus 4 degrees during the day/season. My food is the homemade mix following Eric Borneman's Coral food recipe (or as close as I can get it).


tkvalead said:
Beautiful........... May I ask what size tank? I'm still trying to determine the size tank to start this hobby. I'm thing 150 or 180.

thomas:beer:
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AGA 210 gallons
 
Ok so I have looked and I am amazed as to how F'in sweat your tank looks. With that said I have a question for you. What do you feed your babies as I have just aquired 2 that are .25 inch long. I really hope they will mate one day. Oh ya they are housed in my 12 Gallon Nano Cube which has one Watchman goby and a bunch of coral. A Nano Koralia ciruculation pump and the regular powerhead in the rear of the tank. No filter just live rock in the back. Please help.
 
Patdabin said:
Ok so I have looked and I am amazed as to how F'in sweat your tank looks. With that said I have a question for you. What do you feed your babies as I have just aquired 2 that are .25 inch long. I really hope they will mate one day. Oh ya they are housed in my 12 Gallon Nano Cube which has one Watchman goby and a bunch of coral. A Nano Koralia ciruculation pump and the regular powerhead in the rear of the tank. No filter just live rock in the back. Please help.
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Check out the threads at the top of this forum. Particularly this one:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1381958

I feed babies the same thing as adults except smaller pieces and more often.
 
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