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

[AD87]

Update:
My Magnifica is no more. RIP Feb 2010 after in my tank for 19 months.
Its demise could be from several or all of the following reasons:
1) New batch of frozen food fed. No problem with any other inhabitants though.
2) I added a Haddoni that was inflating and deflating that died in the tank
3) I did not clean the overflows because I added baby Percs and didn't want them sucked in, thereby making the suction stronger in one spot, causing a Bubbletip Anemone to be sucked in and chopped up in the tank.

I have re-arranged the rock work and put a RBTA on the left side for the two clowns. Something very interesting happened. The two clowns no long felt they had to or wanted to defend their anemone. They peacefully let baby clowns and their other siblings stay in the RBTA. The female sometimes sleeps on the right side. Sometimes there are 5 clowns peacefully hanging out in the one anemone on the left now.

I took a bunch of pictures to document possible color changes going from a Magnifica to BTA's. I do believe they are taking on some of the muddy colors of their siblings rather than the vibrant yellow and black coloring.

Tank is looking great, I will post new pictures and videos soon. I have a new HD camera.

Do you have any pictures of the Magnifica when it was dieing?

 

[EliWhitney314]

My clown thread

 

[motortrendz]

all Rose and Green tipped bta's under under three 400 watt 20K XM single ended metal halide with two 160 watt VHO super actinics.

Probably 20 to 25 anemones.

thanks again for looking and the kind remarks.

thats one killer nice tank!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[Snickersalad]

This tank is awesome! Sucks about the magnifica tho

 

[tang56]

Amazing tank!! one question though.. how do you have all the nems tentacles stringy instead of bubbly? I think they look way cooler stringy. do they ever change?

 

[brako]

that tank is amazing, you should be really proud about that. Your nem looks great aswell, keep up the good work!

 

[klaman13]

very nice. I want an anemone dominated tank some day. :thumbsup:

 

[biecacka]

is your tank BB?

 

[apayne]

Mona,

I am so sorry to hear about your Mag!!! Such a beautiful nem.

I had a Haddoni for over a year that died with in a week after introducing Mag. I don't think they are able to be in the same system.

Tank is looking great!

Aaron

 

[Flems]

That looks incredible. Its cool to see a tank just overflowing with such a characteristic fish! Here I am worried about my 3 little guys, lol.

Great work.

 

[bymers42]

As many have stated over and over and over again...AMAZING tank! You truly are an inspiration for my future tanks. For now, I will settle for utilizing one of your early pics as my desktop background. Beautiful tank, keep up the great work!

 

[Spazdad]

very nice looking forward to getting my GBTA

 

[fraggleRocks]

awesome thread. The tank looks awesome, ive always wanted to do something like this, but i dont have anywhere near the knowledge to pull it off. It really looks great

 

[Sohal Tang Tim]

absolutely mind boggling tank with the clowns and anenomes.....my favorite combo!!!!!!
If I ever wanted to see a different type of reef I would just...set up a seperate reef but there is no way in hell I would everrrrrrrrrrrrr and I mean everrrrrrrrrr change that set up!!
If it lasts 20 years SO BE IT!!!!!!! I would not change a thing!!!!!!!!!!
MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
Tim

 

[reefcrazyme]

awesome tank and clowns. i was going to ask how they survived in that tank now i see you had another tank for the fry to grow up before moving them to the large tank. i wish i could do that too. my maroon started laying eggs but no babies survived yet since i don't really know what to do to be successful with the fry.

 

[watermonsters]

man this tank is so cool it has inspired me to change my 45 gl tank into a all anemone

 

[EaZy DuZ iT]

best tank ever.

 

[2Addicted]

best tank ever.

no doubt!!

 

[mcosta528]

Geeeez, i read this whole blog and figured i'd say " you have a nice tank too, i love it. Hopefully when i make more than 40g i will have one lol" I wanted to mention i have 2 onyx percs and a large clarki in a 35 gallon solana. The clarki was smaller but grew and became dominant. It was originally a stupid move on my part to put two different clown species. The percs were originally hosting whisker corals, and the clarkii wanted in too. I then purchased a haddoni anemone for him, in which he found his way into within a day. My point is that clowns are territorial, and with each having their own "home" that becomes more heir main concern. The pair defend their territory against the clarkii if ever needed. I keep the pair on the top of the tank on an over hanging ledge, and the clarkii remains in the bottom right corner. They do not mind each other any more, and let the others move freely. However there are little "arguments" that occur with the two species, but with the smaller clowns on the high ground, the clarkii is too scared to go further. Both are very healthy. The anemone is very healthy now too. I started to loose the haddoni and researched a little more on anemones that live longer than four years. Statistically a correlation was found that anemones live longer when they are fed every day. Sure enough i started feeding everyday and the anemone flourished back with lots of varying green colors. I just wanted to comment because i saw different blog spots on a dying haddoni anemone(which i think BTAs are harder to keep, being that they are more mobile) and the mixing of different species. I would not mix the species again, but i found a good solution for those who may have made the same mistake as me. I am a beginner still and would like to eventually have 125 gal or larger some day. I appreciate the blog posts as i learned much reading through the whole thing. From the research i made on H. magnifica i wish i could have come across more as this is one that doesnt do well for many. But i would like to mention that if anyone would have kept one alive for a long time i would expect it to be you, good luck and love the tank. It is really a precious and unique thing to enjoy in a household

 

[RPimenta]

Fantastic.

I don't have words.