Maroon Clown Breeder/Hosting Setup Questions

[Postal]

Hey Postal, you still doing Spot, babies?

Yes and no. Still have some I am growing out, but haven't kept any eggs in a while. Taking a 3-week vacation soon and didn't want a bunch of tiny babies for anyone to take care of. Wanted to change my breeding setup around so I can do that easier when we get back.

 

[Postal]

This is incorrect, as a Mag owner myself I feel I am quite qualified to correct it.

Mags like High Flow and High amount of Light. Once you have provided both of those, Mags tend to stay put. There is no difference to my rocks ending 12" off the surface with 15" below and the Mag planting himself there or there being 12" between the only rock available sitting on the bottom of the tank and the surface. They just want the light.

The question really becomes what's that magic cutoff number of how much room you need to give a mag to the surface of the tank for the location in which they will be attached. This is going to vary from Mag to Mag. As tentacle length varies greatly on just the ones I currently have.

Providing enough flow in a 9 inch tall rimless tank is going to be difficult, especially without exposing the mag to powerheads. Also, you will need an ATO since evap in a tank with those dimensions will be brutal.
I just don't see the point in trying to keep a mag in 8 inches of water.

 

[Amoo]

Providing enough flow in a 9 inch tall rimless tank is going to be difficult, especially without exposing the mag to powerheads. Also, you will need an ATO since evap in a tank with those dimensions will be brutal.
I just don't see the point in trying to keep a mag in 8 inches of water.

No you may be correct, I've been debating back and forth between the 20 and their 30 which is 24x20x16.5 and I've been thinking it may be the better option.

The benefit of the 30 over the 20 is the 30 has dual return nozzels over the single nozzle in the 20 allowing me to get some solid cross low going depending on how I size my pump. I would also consider an ATO a necessity on any Nano, but especially one with a Nem this size in it.

I was also running into problems with the 9" height with trying to find a solid skimmer as the best small one I could find came it at around 10.5". Kind of defeats the purpose of displaying a Nem when you have a skimmer top sticking out of the back


On a side note, my clowns just laid again today, and about the time she will lay again my new Blenny (stupid Emerald Crab) will be going from QT into the DT and I will be looking at possibly trying to rear that clutch. Do you mind if I hit you up in PMs for tips and tricks?

 

[Postal]

Shoot me a PM anytime