Josh_Canada
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As damsels, i know clowns are hardy fish. any suggestions as to what clown is best suited with an anemone in a 40 gallon reef setup? any links to anemone and clown compatability would be great :wave:
hardiest clown?
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reeftanker3295
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They're all pretty similar. Ocellaris should be your cheapest and easiest bet as they stay small.
Josh_Canada
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Just hypothetical
flame angel, ocellaris, some type of goby, six line wrasse, and royal gramma.
Some cool LFS inverts and turbo snails
garden eels
various corals
could this work?
flame angel, ocellaris, some type of goby, six line wrasse, and royal gramma.
Some cool LFS inverts and turbo snails
garden eels
various corals
could this work?
chitownclown
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yeah no garden eels to hard to carew for and need a species only tank with a really DSB.
Josh_Canada
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Well the LFS must be taking pretty bad care of their garden eels then. They were in a reef tank in a 4" sand bed!
rssjsb
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Actually, they probably are. Fish can adapt to a lot of conditions, but the fact that your LFS has made it work doesn't mean that it can be easily replicated. Garden eels need deep sand beds to keep from damaging their tails.
Anyway, they're usually pretty shy and it can be hard to get them to eat if they're stressed out by a lot of active tankmates (angels, wrasses, clowns, etc.).
I would check out the sticky at the top of this board to see about compatibility.
Bubble tips (e. quadricolor) are probably the easiest anemone to keep. There are several clowns that are natural symbionts of BTAs, but some can be kind of aggressive. Occelaris and perculas stay small and are less prone to be aggro (tho it happens). They're not natural matches for a BTA, but they can adapt. It took my occelaris nearly a year, but they never leave the nem now.
And I would probably skip the sixline. They're pretty but can be kind of vicious.
Josh_Canada
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so, garden eels and the wrasse are out. i have read both chromis and yellowtail damsels are a peaceful exeption to the nasty damsels, could they get along eith everything else listed in a 40 gallon?
Josh_Canada
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i have read some corals require food, and some are entirely photosynthetic, but am having a tough time finding specific types that do not require feedings.
trukgirl
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I would not go with a yellowtail damsel or any damsel in that tank. They can get VERY nasty. My 2 very first saltwater fish were a yellowtail and a fiji blue devil. (still have the fiji blue) My fowlr tank has only damsel fish in it. (besides some agressive inverts) I wouldn't dare put any of my reef fish in the big tank with them, they are so ill-tempered.
Personally I think tank-raised Ocellaris would be the hardiest.
Personally I think tank-raised Ocellaris would be the hardiest.
