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

[sspark]

mobert, what an inspiration. Wow is an understatement!!! BEAUTIFUL!

 

[z's_N_p's]

Today is the clowns 7th birthday :celeb1::beer::celeb2:

Good news and bad news. Good news is there are still 13 clowns, so if it was fighting, lack of food or terrible water conditions that made the others disappear, at least no more are dispersing.

Bad news, with the additional salinity extremes back in March, the anemones are whiter than in the March pictures and as of today, they have not recovered. They look small and are of the "rare" :headwalls: fluorescent hot pink and bright green colors. I have not been spot feeding them (in case anyone wants to know).

Thanks for the interest.

so sorry to hear about the nems. I hope they still recover. do you plan on just leaving them alone and see if they recover by themselves or you plan on feeding them again to see if it helps on their recovery?

 

[frank88]

Two more pics:

Dusk:

is difficult to breed anemones?

that you are an expert
that recommendations would you give me?

 

[LittleBee]

That is a lovely tank you have! I love all the anemones and clowns!

 

[N. king]

Great pictures! Awesome tank.

 

[JCortes]

Amazing

 

[MrMiggiDude]

So cool!

 

[N008R33F3R]

I have a 125 I just finished cycling and have always wanted a clown tank. What gave you the inspiration to start this tank?

 

[TampaCoral]

Wow very beautiful set up.

 

[JohnniG]

God, I love the sponge bob...tell me they hosted it...please tell me they hosted the sponge bob....lol

Hilarious

 

[Meffnet]

OMG this is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait until I can get my clowns - I want four 2 back and 2 orange!

 

[ctazmartin]

Wow, Very nice.

 

[Zack420]

Did the tank ever recover from the salinity issues ?

 

[mobert]

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

:celeb1::celeb2::celeb3:

Hi Folks,
My fish are eight years old today. The tank is looking great. Here is a sunset pic (sorry for the camera phone quality):

Since I've been feeding regularly, the fighting is no longer an issue. In fact, the dominant pair is laying eggs and they share their anemone at night with their siblings. I just pulled a tile of eggs into a baby tank and I hope to get a hatch tonight.

I count at least 12 clownfishes in the tank and they are looking big. Happy birthday to them. Now, if I get a good hatch, do I divide the tank and try to introduce the babies into the display tank? Or maybe, re-home the 12 and start new? Or maybe stick with my original plan and let attrition be the rule?

I've been dosing vodka and the tank has never looked so clear. It really has the fish swimming in air look. I am so pleased with the carbon dosing, I ordered bio-pellets. Hopefully, I get get them to toss around in either an Eheim 2213 cannister or maybe adapt an old calcium reactor to work.

I finally got some LED's to replace the two VHO's and two of the halides. Also got a short blue strip for moonlights that coincide with actual moon cycle.

Mona

 

[OrionN]

Very nice. I am glad you got the tank back in top shape again. Very beautiful clown fish.
Many people like the all BTA tank you had before but to me diversity in the reef tank is a lot more natural and healthy. I really love your tank as it is now.

 

[LittleBeard]

One of my favorite tanks. Thanks for the update!

 

[aandfsoccr04]

Wow what a stunning ecosystem you have going. Congrats on your continued success :beer:

 

[mobert]

DH made a quick video:
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[mobert]

Evening actinics:
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[seamonkey84]

This tank really shows that multiple clowns can be done, but not without issues and have to be dry diligent. Thank you for sharing and great to hear updates!