Justin's 82G - clownfish harem journal

[justinky]

Hi Anemone & Clownfish lovers!

I have recently converted my reef tank slowly to an anemone dominated tank and clownfish harem. I guess I will start off by saying I have been in the hobby since January 2014.

I guess I will go over my process of switching from a reef to the harem tank. I got the idea to do this back in April or May and wondered how could I successfully pull it off or at least give me the best shot at pulling it off so I read the popular thread by Mobert here on RC "27 clowns in the same tank 27 months".

What I gathered was I would want to get the anemones before introduction of the clownfish, just to limit the stress of the new anemone entering DT either from QT or TT. Once I had enough anemones I sold most of my livestock except for a Potters Leopard Wrasse & 2 existing clownfish. I then looked for a local clownfish breeder who had enough clownfish from the same clutch for sale, I was looking for A. Ocellaris, A. Percula & A. Perideraion specifically.

Current tank Photo:

Before the aquascape:

Treatment Tank setup:

 

[justinky]

Two more photos,

 

[OrionN]

Justin,
Looking good. You got it too easy. It took me 30 years before I can keep Gigantea. Yes 30 years.

 

[justinky]

Justin,
Looking good. You got it too easy. It took me 30 years before I can keep Gigantea. Yes 30 years.

Thanks buddy, if it wasn't for your help within the community I am sure many people would not be able to successfully.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Justin,
Looking good. You got it too easy. It took me 30 years before I can keep Gigantea. Yes 30 years.

Well, that's not too long...just kidding

 

[BonsaiNut]

Pretty new tank... I would give it a little time to get established before I added anything else.

 

[justinky]

I picked up a new Heteractis Magnifica friday at a LFS, it is currently going through treatment but has really good potential.

 

[clorox]

Very nice Justin! How many clowns do you have in total?

 

[justinky]

Very nice Justin! How many clowns do you have in total?

Thanks! I have 15 clownfish.

 

[mnkykng77]

This is awesome Justin! I'm going to have to follow your progress as I want to do the same to a 50g once I set up my larger DT.

 

[justinky]

This is awesome Justin! I'm going to have to follow your progress as I want to do the same to a 50g once I set up my larger DT.

Thanks, and good luck in the future.

Full Tank Shot update:

Side Shot:

 

[_divad]

Really cool! Thank you for sharing.

 

[joshky]

Two more photos,

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it's a giant pillow :thumbsup:

 

[AD87]

What size did you order the gig under?

 

[justinky]

What size did you order the gig under?

Large

 

[Bhuamani32]

Amazing setup I hope to do something like this in the future

 

[sparky45]

Beautiful tank.

 

[Magantea]

Looking good!

 

[RocketCityNano]

Very cool. Check our BRS's clown harem tank if you haven't seen it.

 

[asudavew]

Looks great!