mobert inspired 240 with 32 clowns

[tommyb]

Here is my tank. It has been running since the end of November or early December. I had started out thinking it was going to be a FOWLR and then I changed my mind. Here is a quick list of what is in there now.

Here was my inspiration for so many clowns, thanks for the great thread and info mobert: 27 clowns in the same tank 27 months~Thread of the Month - Reef Central Online Community

The orange clowns were just put in today. The other fish have been in there since the beginning and some I had prior to this tank.

Fish:
Yellow Tang
Pair of "breeding" Bangaii Cardinals (no babies for me yet)
3 Chromis
2 Black and White Occys
30 orange Occys

Corals:
Zoas: Spiderman, King Midas, RPE, Bam Bam, Tangerines, Nightmares, Candy Apple Reds, Grandis etc.
One Acan frag (5 polyps)
3 different Ricordeas
Idaho Grape
Pocilipora
Xenia
Green Hairy Mushrooms
Toadstool
Kenya

Baby sitting some SPS, live rock and ricordea for a reefing buddy

Inverts:
Tons of snails and hermits
Horsehoe Crab
3 Cleaner Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
8 RBTAs

Equipment:
240 acrylic with dual overflows
6' 6 bulb T5 fixture
2- 250 DE MH
Euro-Reef CS 8-4 Skimmer
100 Gallon Sump
DA Lite controller
57 watt UV
Closed Loop w/ Hammer Head
1200 gph external return

Will be adding:
Dentrate reactor

Full tank, no flash

Full tank, flash

 

[tommyb]

Left Side:

Center:

Right Side:

 

[ellislaw1]

Good luck!

Good luck!

Cool TommyB. Looks great. Good luck with it!
Where did you get the Ocellaris? Are they all from the same clutch?

 

[tommyb]

Cool TommyB. Looks great. Good luck with it!
Where did you get the Ocellaris? Are they all from the same clutch?

I got them from a local breeder and they are from the same clutch. They are about 2 months old.

 

[Jkraft136]

Awesome tank. Btw you should sell me one of those RBTS

 

[Lenny718]

Beautiful tank and clowns.

 

[davocean]

Hopefully this works out for you.
It's a little rushed IMO, especially for the nems, and I hope your original B&W's don't cause a problem.
Keep us posted w/ pics.

 

[Khendal]

Great Tank...wonderfull RBTA and clowns... but Quadricolor isn't the best-loved nem for ocellaris... or have i missed something???

 

[tommyb]

Awesome tank. Btw you should sell me one of those RBTS

Thanks, if they ever split I will sell some of them off.

Beautiful tank and clowns.

Thanks!

Hopefully this works out for you.
It's a little rushed IMO, especially for the nems, and I hope your original B&W's don't cause a problem.
Keep us posted w/ pics.

Most of the rock came from prior systems so there is quite a bit of diversity in there. I know I should have waited a couple more months but so far ao good.

I will be keeping my eyes on the B&Ws for sure. As of now they are just schooling with the rest of them and this is the first time I have seen them moving around in the tank. They used to just stay to the left side and not move. If they start picking on the oranges I will yank these.

I will keep this thread updated.

Great Tank...wonderfull RBTA and clowns... but Quadricolor isn't the best-loved nem for ocellaris... or have i missed something???

I have had good luck in the past with Occys and BTAs. So far only 4 of them are hosting but I would say that is pretty good considering they were just put in yesterday.

Thanks to everyone for the comments so far. Obviously this is not something everyone should try but with this big of tank and my experience I think it can be done. Worst case scenerio I have to rehome some of them and try something new.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

OMG! AWESOME! I hope to god that this will work out just like mobert's!

 

[tommyb]

OMG! AWESOME! I hope to god that this will work out just like mobert's!

Yeah, me too. Thanks for the compliment.

 

[monkeybiz]

good luck!

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

I can't wait to see what this looks like in a year when all the anemones are larger and they have all split!

 

[Lmecher]

Very ambitious endevor. I am keeping my fingers crossed that those black and white don't get aggressive towards the smaller clowns. I will be following along, can't wait to see more photos. You did a great job on the tank, it's beautiful. :thumbsup:

 

[tommyb]

Very ambitious endevor. I am keeping my fingers crossed that those black and white don't get aggressive towards the smaller clowns. I will be following along, can't wait to see more photos. You did a great job on the tank, it's beautiful. :thumbsup:

You must not have crossed them hard enough. The school of oranges moved from their location to the part of the tank that the B&Ws usually hang out. This made one of them mad and he kept chasing the oranges so I pulled the B&Ws out last night and sold them locally. I think that eventually they would have worked it out for awhile but eventually when the B&Ws matured I am sure there would have been problems. I decided instead of stressing out the oranges I would just get rid of the B&Ws.

I will get some more pics up this weekend. Thanks for the compliments.

 

[Lmecher]

You must not have crossed them hard enough.


So sorry :lolspin: Funny you should say that, I have a bad cut on one of my fingers, crossed them too gently.
You made a wise decision. The contrast of the orange/black was striking but not worth the possible cost. I just added a green bta to my tank w/4 roses. A green bta or 2 would look great in your tank too. I will be eagerly waiting for more photos.

 

[tommyb]

I just added a green bta to my tank w/4 roses. A green bta or 2 would look great in your tank too. I will be eagerly waiting for more photos.

I have been keeping my eye out for one. I would like to find a nice group price on 5-10 of them like I did for the roses. 10 Roses for $300 shipped was nice.

 

[alexknight]

Very nice, it is going to be amazing once your rbta's settle in and grow out. I like it that the bta's are in the middle of the tank and not to one side of it.

It may just be me, but it looks like the sides of your tank is getting no light?

 

[tommyb]

Very nice, it is going to be amazing once your rbta's settle in and grow out. I like it that the bta's are in the middle of the tank and not to one side of it.

It may just be me, but it looks like the sides of your tank is getting no light?

It is not just you, it is a 6 foot fixture on an 8 foot tank. I have a couple 250 de mh pendants that I will be adding. That is also why I picked the middle island for the nems since it receives the most light.

 

[Talfish]

Looks great Tom! Can't wait to see it in person and watch the little guys grow up together.