27 clowns in the same tank 27 months~Thread of the Month
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Tethered_Limbs
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keep the updates comin
Tmoriarty
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Where did the Sebae clown come from (maybe clarkii) would think that might be a reason for some of the clown aggression. I was under the impression that you only had percs in the tank.
A guy below said he would like to try this with multiple designer clowns, He is most likely talking about all False percs, but I agree with mobert that I wouldnt try this. If any of the added clowns are beyond the juve phase there will be issues with any already dominant clowns.
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mobert
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That Clarkii was the last of the three generations of tank raised Clarkii that I had raised and was put in the tank when he was a baby. I was hoping as a single Clarkii, he might stay with the subservient mindset. He was removed last week as he had grown much bigger than the Percs and could have been doing damage. He was definitely not liked by any of the other fish.
Things have calmed down with the additional feedings and the Percs still sleep together in shared anemones.
My skimmer pumps froze from lack of cleaning and my RO filter needed a new membrane with 30 ppm on the TDS meter, so with the addition feedings my nitrates got between 50-110. So, lots of diatoms, bubbly slimy funk, bubble algae. Constantly wet skimming now with good water. Hope to get it cleared up soon. Anemones have gotten huge (serving plate size) rather than splitting.
Here is what it looks like today:
Yes, pretty funky.
This guy has really taken up a lot of my time:
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mobert
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Ice cube size piece 5 days a week plus Spectrum Pellets 3 times a day.
LotsaTanks
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I've been thinking about building a separate anemone and pair of clownfish species tank. Your anemones and clowns are beautiful. This may be the inspiration after reading this thread.
Tethered_Limbs
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if any gbta ever does split, i want 1
Finsky
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I was wondering what is the tanks circulation turnover rate. I just added another pair of Hydor 8's (my backups) and all four are placed high up in the tank which has rippled the surface and given less current the lower you go in my 26" high tank.
Back when your tank inspired me as my tank is now 6 years old. It is still going strong. I did have a pair of Clarkii's and a pait of breeding Tomatos and like you said, the Tomato female has gotten really large and the Clarkii's were removed.
I have a RBTA and a GBTA split about a year ago which are all togeather in the left end of the tank in the rocks and I have another GBTA in the opposite end. Before that I could only dream about anemones splitting when I read about it on this thread.
Back when your tank inspired me as my tank is now 6 years old. It is still going strong. I did have a pair of Clarkii's and a pait of breeding Tomatos and like you said, the Tomato female has gotten really large and the Clarkii's were removed.
I have a RBTA and a GBTA split about a year ago which are all togeather in the left end of the tank in the rocks and I have another GBTA in the opposite end. Before that I could only dream about anemones splitting when I read about it on this thread.
Dias
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That Clarkii was the last of the three generations of tank raised Clarkii that I had raised and was put in the tank when he was a baby. I was hoping as a single Clarkii, he might stay with the subservient mindset. He was removed last week as he had grown much bigger than the Percs and could have been doing damage. He was definitely not liked by any of the other fish.
Things have calmed down with the additional feedings and the Percs still sleep together in shared anemones.
My skimmer pumps froze from lack of cleaning and my RO filter needed a new membrane with 30 ppm on the TDS meter, so with the addition feedings my nitrates got between 50-110. So, lots of diatoms, bubbly slimy funk, bubble algae. Constantly wet skimming now with good water. Hope to get it cleared up soon. Anemones have gotten huge (serving plate size) rather than splitting.
Here is what it looks like today:
Yes, pretty funky.
This guy has really taken up a lot of my time:
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mobert
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Thanks for the nice comments even though my tank has not been pristine lately. 13 clowns left (same count as a couple of months ago).
I'm not sure but there are 4 tunze streams and an Eheim 1262 for a return pump. Pretty much they like things moving more than not. Clean Tunze's move a lot more than ones covered with algae, but except for direct piercing flow, more is better.
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The downward spiral can happen quickly. With lots of feeding and super wet skimming and more neglect, this is what happens:
Anemones are shrunken and bleached. SPS and LPS die off causing extra super skimming. Salinity drops to 1.016. I dump a full bag of salt in the top off container and salinity goes to 1.035. Things were better with just regular neglect. Sheesh. Just stabilizing now. I expect it will take months for the anemones to regain their color.
With enough food, they don't really fight at all and do not compete for territory. They sleep together at night like sardines and mix and visit each other. Remember, these are siblings who grew up sleeping together in a clump.
I'm not sure but there are 4 tunze streams and an Eheim 1262 for a return pump. Pretty much they like things moving more than not. Clean Tunze's move a lot more than ones covered with algae, but except for direct piercing flow, more is better.
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Australian Shepherd
The downward spiral can happen quickly. With lots of feeding and super wet skimming and more neglect, this is what happens:
Anemones are shrunken and bleached. SPS and LPS die off causing extra super skimming. Salinity drops to 1.016. I dump a full bag of salt in the top off container and salinity goes to 1.035. Things were better with just regular neglect. Sheesh. Just stabilizing now. I expect it will take months for the anemones to regain their color.
With enough food, they don't really fight at all and do not compete for territory. They sleep together at night like sardines and mix and visit each other. Remember, these are siblings who grew up sleeping together in a clump.
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mobert
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Mobert,
What brand and temperature of MH lights are you running now? What are the specifics of your light cycle as well?
Thanks
I'm running PFO ballasts to power 3x400 watt 20K XM bulbs. The Hamilton SuperBlue Actinics VHO 2x160 watts bulbs on the Icecap Dual ballast have burned out and I have not replaced them.
MH1 on at 1030 off at 1630 (7 Hours)
MH2 on at 1130 off at 2000 (8 1/2 hours)
MH3 on at 1200 off at 2100 (9 hours)
LED moon lights on at 0700 off at 0200 (19 Hours)
when the VHO's were running they were on:
LT1 on at 0900 off at 2100 (12 hours)
LT2 on at 1000 off at 2200 (12 hours)
With the VHO's running, the tank had a real sunrise/sunset feel with the tank gradually getting brighter, sun coming up on the left side and setting on the right. It looked really nice but I no longer want to run 1520 watts of lights. The energy cost with the lights and the air conditioning is more than I want to continue doing.
My XM bulbs are almost 2 years old. I used to put in one new bulb every three months to replace the oldest bulb that was 9 months old at the time. Moving the newest bulb to the highest light requirement area (Newest over Magnifica, 3 month old bulb to bubbletips and 6 month old over the middle of the tank.
Instead of investing in new bulbs, I plan to purchase a LED set up before the hot summer months. Probably the new higher par, yet to be released Kessil or an Aqua Illumination set up or something else that I don't know about yet.
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