First fish!
- Thread starter Icefire
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sir_dudeguy
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do you mean which one is the female? If so, that would be the bigger one if they were a pair.
sir_dudeguy
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when buying clowns, it is important to get small ones imo, so that you KNOW they're still males. Males wont fight together, but females will, and if you get 2 females...
But by getting small ones, that guarantees that they're still male. Within a few months, one will look much different in size and it will be obvious which one is the female then.
madmatt357
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Not to take over your thread, but what type of water flow do clowns prefer? I have a 90 gallon with two Seio 1100's along with my return pump at about 550 gph.
sir_dudeguy
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good question. I guess it could vary. Maybe one way to find out for sure would be to find out how old they need to be to be able to lay eggs (which i dont know offhand what that would be). Then i guess you could just go by how big the clown is at that time and try to get ones that are smaller than that or whatever. Get what i mean? I guess it can be different for each fish too tho.
For what its worth tho, I'd say that your small one (on the left) is definately still a male (and it is also mis-barred
) The one on the right (bigger) could very well be female already, but i think its probably still male...maybe once it hits 2 inches it'd be female, but its hard to say.I would not even worry about it. Every fish will adapt to the flow in the tank. If they want a lower flow spot to rest, they'll find it. Plan your flow around your corals/tank, not your fish...they'll adapt.
sir_dudeguy
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icefire, imo thats perfect amount of flow for a reef tank, but it is only from one powerhead. Is that the only powerhead or source of flow you've got in the tank? If so, you may want to add just 1 or 2 small weak powerheads just to make sure you get rid of any dead spots that your tunze may be missing.
sir_dudeguy
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that nipped tail should regrow w/in a week. I added a coral beauty angel to my 40 (from my 29). My 40 already had 2 black ocellaris clowns. Well the male did not care for the CB angel at first i guess, because they fought like crazy the first night. My point...the clown and the CB both had severely torn fins after that night. I rearranged everything in the tank and it seemed to have worked...or they just settled their dispute lol. But a couple few weeks later and you couldnt even know that they had very badly torn fins.
Icefire
Seasoned reefer
Sir_dude their is no dead spot, I also have a Aquaclear 802 (400GPH) as return from sump.
If you could see the floor, it's all cleaned by the flow.
The powerhead is in the middle high of the back, pointing in a front corner, even the other side get way enought flow.
I shouldn't have modded the 6025, 700gph was enought for now.
My Xenia doesn't really like the high flow, it can't pulse, only wave.
I was suggered Ocean Nutrition Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes, any good?
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=ON2173
If you could see the floor, it's all cleaned by the flow.
The powerhead is in the middle high of the back, pointing in a front corner, even the other side get way enought flow.
I shouldn't have modded the 6025, 700gph was enought for now.
My Xenia doesn't really like the high flow, it can't pulse, only wave.
I was suggered Ocean Nutrition Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes, any good?
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=ON2173
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sir_dudeguy
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just something to take consideration of...xenia doesnt need to pulse. Thats just what it does when there's very little flow.
