Clown choice

[AwkwardParrot]

Looking to start my 29 with a clown. the tank is currently cycling and i am up for suggestions. BTW i have a 16 sebae anemone going in it as soon as it is stable. I was looking at a B&W, Gold Stripe Maroon, and an Orange. i'd only do one clown, but which one?

Thanks

:rollface:

 

[michellejy]

I'm assuming you plan to have other fish aside from just the clown in your tank. GSMs can be very territorial.

 

[AwkwardParrot]

maybe a gobi or blenny, not too much else.

 

[michellejy]

Doesn't the sebae normally host the Clark's? (I could be pulling that out of the air, but I swear I read that somewhere.)

Having just gone through deciding on a clown, I'm partial to the B&W. I ended up choosing those over the GSM because I wanted generally peaceful tankmates.

 

[AwkwardParrot]

i had a pair of orange tank raised, but from a power problem, i lost them and 3 other tanks. the Sebae is the only survivor. in addition, the clowns were hosting the sebae (after 8 months) and mating after nine...they laid eggs 4 days before the power went out...

 

[chrisstie]

I've seen with and worked with a 30+ maroon clown and would just have to say that if you go with maroon, start with a young one and plan to upgrade your tank size. She's 5" at least, maybe larger, and tears up the huge tank shes in.

I would definitely go with a Pec or Osc.. the sebae in the store that the clown hosts in is probably larger than the display area in your tank too.

I don't mean to discourage you at all but know how large these species can get! You probably wont be able to fit much else in the tank.

Before:

After:

That's the same tank and while I dont have a really super recent picture the sebae is larger than a basketball, more like the size of a platter you put a turkey on top of. its just huge.

 

[AwkwardParrot]

my 10g tank before the power loss and am going to move to a 29g.

also, the sebae covers the entire side of the rock and is about to split.

 

[clowns101]

the pefect clown for you would be a true percula. i think their natural host is a seabe anemone and if so the clown would host it.

 

[michellejy]

That's awful about the power loss. We've been fairly lucky lately that when we lost ours it came back within a couple of hours, but a lot of people around here lost power for a week or more recently.

Clowns have such wonderful personalities that it's easy to get attached to them.

 

[Reef Newb11]

I have a pair of Occelaris clows that host my sebae, The sebae is about 13" across now, and they get big as stated above.

Also I dont think that Sebae's atleast H.Crispa split I thought they didnt reproduce that way.