shinosuke
New member
Hello,
I've never had a clownfish pair / anemone before, as I used to work in a fish store when I was in school and got really jaded on everyone coming in and screaming about Nemo, and every marine tank I've ever seen seems to have at least one clownfish in it.
Now, a few years down the road, my girlfriend has gotten rather interested in these animals, and I want to set up a little nano tank for her. I do not want to put an anemone in my main tank as I do not trust them with my other inverts and smaller fish.
In preparation for this, I have a few questions:
What is the <u>minimum</u> size tank recommended for a pair of clownfish and an anemone to host it? There may be a soft coral frag or two in there as well as a cleanup crew, but this will all be kept to a minimum and the focus of the tank will be the clownfish pair and anemone.
I have a spare coral life mini aqualight deluxe (2x pc bulbs, actinic and 10k), will that suffice for an anemone?
Which kind of anemone is easiest to keep?
Which kind of clownfish stay the smallest and are easiest to keep? I think she wants an Ocellaris, as she likes the typical orange and white "Nemo" look. Is that recommended?
I've seen a particularly interesting anemone called a "Tube Anemone". These are usually pretty expensive, though, so I'm guessing they're also pretty hard to take care of. Is this true?
Thanks for your advice,
~Adam D.
I've never had a clownfish pair / anemone before, as I used to work in a fish store when I was in school and got really jaded on everyone coming in and screaming about Nemo, and every marine tank I've ever seen seems to have at least one clownfish in it.
Now, a few years down the road, my girlfriend has gotten rather interested in these animals, and I want to set up a little nano tank for her. I do not want to put an anemone in my main tank as I do not trust them with my other inverts and smaller fish.
In preparation for this, I have a few questions:
What is the <u>minimum</u> size tank recommended for a pair of clownfish and an anemone to host it? There may be a soft coral frag or two in there as well as a cleanup crew, but this will all be kept to a minimum and the focus of the tank will be the clownfish pair and anemone.
I have a spare coral life mini aqualight deluxe (2x pc bulbs, actinic and 10k), will that suffice for an anemone?
Which kind of anemone is easiest to keep?
Which kind of clownfish stay the smallest and are easiest to keep? I think she wants an Ocellaris, as she likes the typical orange and white "Nemo" look. Is that recommended?
I've seen a particularly interesting anemone called a "Tube Anemone". These are usually pretty expensive, though, so I'm guessing they're also pretty hard to take care of. Is this true?
Thanks for your advice,
~Adam D.
but since you're going for the more nano look, i would NOT go smaller than a 25 gallon, just bc it's so much harder to keep the water conditions stable in a tank that small. It's good that the anem's gonna be the main focus of your tank, bc even in a 25 gallon, it's gonna be awfully crowded in there with great odds that it'll start stinging everything it comes in contact with.
