Dedicated Clown tank - 100gl

[phaerimm]

Hello,
I am a coral lover, not very musch interested in the fish in my tank, but I am intriged by the possibility of rearing clownfish.

It's a big enough tank (6'long - 100gallons), and currently it holds several corals and just 3 ampherion ocelaris -false percula.
I had success in the past in hatching ocellaris but they were eaten up almost immidiately. I have 3 questions:
1. Can I trust any algae feeder in the tank not to eat the larvae and newly borns? A tang (any Zebrasoma, any Ctenochaetus or a hepatus), or a blenny... or at least a dosen snails maybe?
2. Can I have other clowns in the tank - non ocellaris - maybe parallel pairs? Can I just have a few more ocellaris....
3. Are there any other tankmates that would not interfere with the breeding and rearing prossess? shrimps? fish? gobies? anything?

 

[davocean]

I would advise reading Joyce Wilkerson's book on clownfish, way too much info to post here on the reality of breeding clownfish.

 

[D-Nak]

I would advise reading Joyce Wilkerson's book on clownfish, way too much info to post here on the reality of breeding clownfish.

+1. You have a 0% chance of raising the babies in the DT.

 

[fishfandanman]

Clowns will do best with their own species. However you can get away with mixing similar species such as black and white ocels with regular ocels.

 

[phaerimm]

+1. You have a 0% chance of raising the babies in the DT.

Display tank = DT? I am reading up on the entire thing... it is too hard... too much rotifer for 100g to say the least....
am I off again?

 

[D-Nak]

Display tank = DT? I am reading up on the entire thing... it is too hard... too much rotifer for 100g to say the least....
am I off again?

Yes DT = display tank. You're exactly right with the rotifers. The fry can't see very well when first born. You need a high density of rotifers so the fry can find the prey and eat without too much effort.

The reason why we can't go into a full discussion of raising clownfish is because it can only be described in a book or website, far to complex for a thread.

 

[knukles55]

Plenty if threads in the fish breeding forums of people breeding clowns and raising fry +1 on being near to impossible to raise fry in the display tank simple 10 gallon would hold you off for while.

 

[snorvich]

Yes DT = display tank. You're exactly right with the rotifers. The fry can't see very well when first born. You need a high density of rotifers so the fry can find the prey and eat without too much effort.

The reason why we can't go into a full discussion of raising clownfish is because it can only be described in a book or website, far to complex for a thread.

Exactly. The book will be a nice easy read and provide everything you need to know.