Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
Here are some recent pictures I took of my 60 gallon.
there are three h. magnificas. the purple based ritteri is my oldest, probably close to 6 years now. it shrunk by 60% suddenly when another ritteri was added, and with heavy feedings every two days has finally started to put mass back on. the dark marroonpurple based anemone is almost two years old and is one thick anemone. it certainly tries to out compete the others. it hosts a small anemone shrimp that has survived a voracious pink tail trigger, two interceptor treatments and a small unidentified eel. the brownyellow based anemone is the most recent addition as of seven months ago. all three are fed silversides and shrimp once a week. silversides are much more preferred.
i originally had a pair of beautiful perculas with the anemones while i waited for a handful of nigripes. but, the nigripes never became available and i wanted to try something a little different.
i added four captive bred bicinctus clowns, attempting to replicate the look of all the pictures from the red sea in which swarms of bright yellow two banded clownfish hover above a carpet of magnificas. so far its worked, they do not fight or attack each other. i just wish they would use the anemones, but...they havent yet. i also wish ORA would put out the solid yellow variety of this fish, instead of the brown version.
i added a big school of chromis because ive always loved the look of them amongst the branches of sps. they add a very realistic element to any reef aquarium.
Thanks for looking!
there are three h. magnificas. the purple based ritteri is my oldest, probably close to 6 years now. it shrunk by 60% suddenly when another ritteri was added, and with heavy feedings every two days has finally started to put mass back on. the dark marroonpurple based anemone is almost two years old and is one thick anemone. it certainly tries to out compete the others. it hosts a small anemone shrimp that has survived a voracious pink tail trigger, two interceptor treatments and a small unidentified eel. the brownyellow based anemone is the most recent addition as of seven months ago. all three are fed silversides and shrimp once a week. silversides are much more preferred.
i originally had a pair of beautiful perculas with the anemones while i waited for a handful of nigripes. but, the nigripes never became available and i wanted to try something a little different.
i added four captive bred bicinctus clowns, attempting to replicate the look of all the pictures from the red sea in which swarms of bright yellow two banded clownfish hover above a carpet of magnificas. so far its worked, they do not fight or attack each other. i just wish they would use the anemones, but...they havent yet. i also wish ORA would put out the solid yellow variety of this fish, instead of the brown version.
i added a big school of chromis because ive always loved the look of them amongst the branches of sps. they add a very realistic element to any reef aquarium.
Thanks for looking!
