for the clown experts

[pennfisherman]

soo i though id ask the clown and anemone experts, i am looking into getting a 14 gal bio cube and i would really like to have a pair of clowns in it. is that posible? and what type would u guys recomment (very nicelooking) also i was told the tank neeeds to be astablished for awile befor i can put anemones in, is that correct? if so what else can i put in for them to host in. all help would be greatly apprecated wanna do this right.

forgive all spelling errors

 

[WDLV]

Yes. You can keep clowns in a tank that small but I would stick with percula or skunk complexes and minimize the space lost to rockwork while still providing hiding spots for them. The other complexes will grow too large to be comfortable in that tank.

 

[pennfisherman]

ok thanks but lots of rockwork and corals r ok?

 

[rssjsb]

In that size tank, you're probably not going to be able to keep an anemone and corals. The nem is very likely to move around, killing the corals in its path. The clowns will be fine without an anemone.

 

[pennfisherman]

ok coool so clowns can still host somthing besides nems and anychance of them breeeding

 

[WDLV]

No. I wouldn't keep an anemone at all in that size tank but there are many corals that would be just fine. Just find the happy medium between hiding places and swimming room.

 

[jt_milstead]

I agree with what everyone has said. I would go with a pair of perculas since they are slower to grow. Clowns will host many different corals(frogspawn, hammers, zoa's etc...). Don't be surprised when you see little black spots. That is just sting marks from corals. They don't seem to be bothered by it, and it will go away.

 

[WDLV]

I like xenia and anthelia because they grow like madd and don't generally cause the black spots like most LPS will cause.

 

[pennfisherman]

thanks guys ill look into that coral stuff, just what i hurd is it true, xenia will take over my tank? i dont mind alot of coral id accuily like it like that but will i be able to have other stuff with xenia or will that eventily take over everything? (forgive spelling) and thanks again for all the help forgive the novice questions

 

[WDLV]

Xenia can take over your tank but not the way aptasia can. Xenia, anthelia and green star polyps are all notoriously reported to reach plague proportions. That said, they're easy things to remove. They only become difficult in 200+ gallon tanks where things start getting hard to reach. GSP is the hardest of the three.
Also, it will depend on your system. Some people can't keep xenia alive but they can keep the most difficult of SPS species. I think this has to do with having enough iodine and nutrients. The latter of which is favored by xenia but deadly to many SPS corals. SPS lovers as a rule tend to be very dilligent about removing nutrients.
Some people have even proposed (and tested) the idea of using xenia as a means of nutrient export albeit not a very efficient one.

Uh, I'm rambling again....