my clown fish system.

[Ron Popeil]

i took some pictures tonight of my clownfish dedicated system - a sort of culmination of a project i decided to take on to tackle my most favorite of all marine organisms. i replaced my 120 gallon acrylic community tank with these two glass cubes: a 60 and a 45 gallon. plumbed them into a common sump with an attached 75 gallon refugium, and so far the system has handled itself marvelously.

a frontal view. the chrysopterus tank is on the left, the nigripes tank is on the right.

here you can see the refugium off to the side, and the quality of my workmanship with the lighting and plumbing (ie those pieces of wood keep my lighting where i want them, held by the screws of the hose clamps and...well nevermind.)

 

[Ron Popeil]

here are my chrysopterus. in the future this will house a large green haddoni carpet anemone, but i cant find/afford one at the moment, so some stray bubble tips have sufficed. this also could house a large purple long tenticle, if i am able to find the right kind. unfortunately, im convinced i have a dominant female and a very submissive female, as the larger one doesnt kill the smaller one, and yet the smaller fish immediately after being chased lets the larger fish know shes not a problem. they just dont get along.

the nigripes tank is rather boring at the moment. the fish do nothing but hide, and i rarely see them except during feeding. even then its incredibly quick glances. the purple magnifica ive had for over two years now, the gold tipped one is going on a year.

 

[Ron Popeil]

and finally, two shots of my refugium and my lonely female chrysopterus. finding small juvenile white tails has proven difficult in oregon, and is a costly endeavour when i consider mail orders.

thanks for looking!

 

[ReeferMO85]

what kind of lighting and water flow do you have for the magnifica?

 

[Dr.Maybe]

Thats a very nice set up. Did you make the sump yourself?

 

[Flighty]

So nice. You tempt me to set up a second tank next to my display for another clown pair

 

[Ron Popeil]

i have a SE 400w 20k halide over each tank, housed in a lumenarc reflector. both tanks are plumbed by a single return pump - a reeflo dart. the water is split between the two tanks, and then dispersed in the magnifica tank by two 1" sea swirls and two 3/4" sea swirls in the chrysopterus tank.

as for my sump, its just an old beat up acrylic 50 gallon that ive shaved off the top so i could fit all my spaflex tubing in, and my ASM G4 skimmer. the refugium was similar, just an old scratched up tank no one wanted that i picked up and utilized.

thanks for the compliments folks.

 

[Juck]

How many fish are there in the 45?

 

[Ron Popeil]

two clowns, i believe seven chromis, and a flame hawkfish.

 

[dantodd]

Have you tried putting the submissive chrys in with the other known female? It is possible that it is simply a bad pairing though with the sizes so close I suspect you are more likely correct in thinking you have 3 females.