Thank you, noted on the Tangs but have plenty of time to decide on something different.
Do you think I could add two Jaw fish and two clowns (mated hopefully)?
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Thank you, noted on the Tangs but have plenty of time to decide on something different.
Do you think I could add two Jaw fish and two clowns (mated hopefully)?
yes, to soon to add fish. Please check all levels and read all the sticky's first.
You need to learn how to test your water since that skill will be required going forward. I would not put a cleaner shrimp in a newly cycled tank and in any case, the cleaner shrimp will not clean clownfish.
Depending on the species of jawfish, they often occur in groups. Best way to add clownfish other than buying a previously bonded or mated pair, is to add two juveniles and they will "work it out".
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Quick question. I'm moving into a 210g. Thought I was done but have some local people selling that now I'm kinda tempted.
Current stock list is :
2 inch Wennerae mantis shrimp
Big blue mandarin
Ora Indigo dottyback
Fumanchu lion
Dwarf fuzzy lion.
Huge 15yr old female maroon clown with 2-3 inch male friend.
Kole Tang
Sand sifting goby.
Coral banded and skunk cleaner shrimp.
I'd like to add a small sailfin tang. And theres also a 6 inch Pink tail trigger that allegedly is very friendly/calm and has been in a tank with mandarin/small clowns/sunrise dottybacks and handfed. (lazy)
Current stock list is :
2 inch Wennerae mantis shrimp
Big blue mandarin
Ora Indigo dottyback
Fumanchu lion
Dwarf fuzzy lion.
Huge 15yr old female maroon clown with 2-3 inch male friend.
Kole Tang
Sand sifting goby.
Coral banded and skunk cleaner shrimp.
I'd like to add a small sailfin tang. And theres also a 6 inch Pink tail trigger that allegedly is very friendly/calm and has been in a tank with mandarin/small clowns/sunrise dottybacks and handfed. (lazy)
Sorry, but I do not provide analysis of aggressive tanks. Best would be to check in the Aggressive Fish Forum which can be found here.
Hello everyone,
The wife wants a yellow fish, the LFS have a yellow tang, (that is what she really wants) but I keep telling her it will outgrow the tank.
So since we can't have the Tang, she is not concerned with the species but wants it to be yellow.
The LFS has a Lemon Peel Angel but I am concerned that it may harm corals. What are thoughts on an this angel?
If not, anyone have any ideas for a yellow fish that would fit in with what I have?
Thanks
TOM G
What I have:
50gal corner DT
65-70# live rock
aragonite substrate 2" thick
sump - 16gal running volume with refugium section and PS
BRS Carbon reactor
BRS GFO reactor
2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Lubbocks fairy Wrasse
1 Green Mandarin
3 Pajama Cardinals
1 cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
50 Dwarf Cerith snails
25 Florida Cerith snails
1 emerald crab
5 fuzzy Chilton
3 Limpets
20 Nassarius snails
25 Nerites snails
Chaeto in Refugium
Caulerpa Prolifera in DT and Refugium
Spotted Mushrooms
small 2 head frag of Frogspawn
25 head zoanthid
Full spectrum led light
The wife wants a yellow fish, the LFS have a yellow tang, (that is what she really wants) but I keep telling her it will outgrow the tank.
So since we can't have the Tang, she is not concerned with the species but wants it to be yellow.
The LFS has a Lemon Peel Angel but I am concerned that it may harm corals. What are thoughts on an this angel?
If not, anyone have any ideas for a yellow fish that would fit in with what I have?
Thanks
TOM G
What I have:
50gal corner DT
65-70# live rock
aragonite substrate 2" thick
sump - 16gal running volume with refugium section and PS
BRS Carbon reactor
BRS GFO reactor
2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Lubbocks fairy Wrasse
1 Green Mandarin
3 Pajama Cardinals
1 cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
50 Dwarf Cerith snails
25 Florida Cerith snails
1 emerald crab
5 fuzzy Chilton
3 Limpets
20 Nassarius snails
25 Nerites snails
Chaeto in Refugium
Caulerpa Prolifera in DT and Refugium
Spotted Mushrooms
small 2 head frag of Frogspawn
25 head zoanthid
Full spectrum led light
I get that the trigger is a meany. Do tangs count as aggressive? Or did I have other things you count? (My clowns are strangely very polite) Did forget a flame angel which was fine until I added a Wellso.
I'll see what the fowlr guys say on the trigger, but my main concern is just the Kole and Sailfin tang paired with possibly the flame angel. (The kole/flame chase and mess with each other a bit but not much after the first weeks I added the kole, kole mercilessly chases the goby but I'm hoping that is fine once I'm in an appropriate sized tank, had to hold the tang for 1 month until the 210 was ready.)
I'll see what the fowlr guys say on the trigger, but my main concern is just the Kole and Sailfin tang paired with possibly the flame angel. (The kole/flame chase and mess with each other a bit but not much after the first weeks I added the kole, kole mercilessly chases the goby but I'm hoping that is fine once I'm in an appropriate sized tank, had to hold the tang for 1 month until the 210 was ready.)
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I currently have two juvenile ocellaris clowns in a 14 gallon tank. The tank has live rock, and has both a power filter and an undergravel filter, as well as a powerhead that keeps the water moving and a heater and a fan (used at different times, depending on the weather!) to keep the tank at the proper temperature. I don't plan on adding any more fish to the tank.
I am wondering if 2 ocellaris clowns are okay in a tank this size? I know that it's a small tank, but I was told that it was okay. I actually read a book on clownfish that recommended starting with a 10 gallon tank and getting 2 clowns, a sea star, snails, and possible other fish, if I remember correctly. So I thought it would be okay, but I'm now starting to wonder. They seem perfectly content at the moment. The two fish bonded very quickly, and there's no fighting or aggression yet; I don't know if that will change at all as they get older and one tries to assert dominance. We've gone a few months without problems though.
I'm just wondering if the tank will be okay for them as they grow, though, or if I should start thinking about saving some money to upgrade. Also, I'm wondering if I need any different equipment? I was told that a tank this size didn't need a sump, and I live in an apartment, so I'm trying to limit how much room it all takes. But I'm more concerned with the welfare of the fish than the space.
Sorry for all the questions- I'm new at this, and want to do what's best for my little friends! Thanks!
I am wondering if 2 ocellaris clowns are okay in a tank this size? I know that it's a small tank, but I was told that it was okay. I actually read a book on clownfish that recommended starting with a 10 gallon tank and getting 2 clowns, a sea star, snails, and possible other fish, if I remember correctly. So I thought it would be okay, but I'm now starting to wonder. They seem perfectly content at the moment. The two fish bonded very quickly, and there's no fighting or aggression yet; I don't know if that will change at all as they get older and one tries to assert dominance. We've gone a few months without problems though.
I'm just wondering if the tank will be okay for them as they grow, though, or if I should start thinking about saving some money to upgrade. Also, I'm wondering if I need any different equipment? I was told that a tank this size didn't need a sump, and I live in an apartment, so I'm trying to limit how much room it all takes. But I'm more concerned with the welfare of the fish than the space.
Sorry for all the questions- I'm new at this, and want to do what's best for my little friends! Thanks!
While it depends on clownfish species, normally the preferred minimum for A. ocellaris is 25 gallons although some have successfully pushed that down to 20 gallons.
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