Tile for Clownfish

Brock Fluharty

Brock Fluharty

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As some of you may know, my clownfish was showing signs of being gravid, so I got her a male clown. I talked to a fellow clown breeder on AIM, and he suggested this. Now, They are definately showing dominance behavior, so I got a piece of tile. it measures 6"x6". I know that it should be 4x4, but I think it will be fine. It is a bit rough, but not too much. I didn't want to get a really smooth glossy one, for fear of the eggs not sticking to the tile. Do I need to rinse it off or something? Where should I place it so that they will find it, but I can easily access, and check on it?


Thanks!
Brock
 
I always use clay flower pots instead of tiles, IMO they are much easier to move and you do not have to silicone them if you are using a BB tank.
 
I prepped my clay tiles by letting them cure in a bucket of salt water for 2 weeks. That way, any acids leached by the ceramics will be removed before entry into the breeding tank.

Jay
 
Thanks. My water is very cloudy this morning. How do you guys get it to clear up? I did a water change after I fed, rinsed off the filter pads, and scrubbed the glass. What the heck is going on in there???
 
Well...I have some bad news...I woke up this morning to both of my clownfish, my bicolored pseudochromis, and my serpent starfish...dead. I immediately checked my parameters. All fine. I don't know what happened...

:(
 
Sorry to hear about the loss. That's always hard to take.

What water parameters did you check? (In case there's something you're not checking). Also, what test kits do you use?
 
Is the water still cloudy? That may indicate a bacterial bloom that can consume all the Oxygen in the tank.

gosh, I am sorry to hear about the deaths. That's rough....
 
No, the water wasn't cloudy the morning it happened, or the day before it happened. They were all eating right before I turned the lights out that night. I checked the following levels...

Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
pH
SG

I don't use any additives, such as calcium, strontium, ect., so I didn't check any of those. Anything I was missing?
 
do you turn the powerheads or pumps off when you feed them? If so, you might have forgotten to turn them back on. Lack of water movement can also deplete oxygen and kill all the fish in one night. How big a tank were they all in, and did any fish survive?

Again sorry to hear of this disaster. I just noticed you are an 8th grader. I am coaching a 7th grader through his first reef aquarium. Glad to see such young ones interested in the hobby! Try to learn from this, get past it, and do better next time. All disasters are learning opportunities in disguise!

Cheers,
Kathy
 
Nothing in the tank survived except for my corals, which have started to perk up. I leave everything on when I feed. I don't think i've ever turned anything off. It's hard for us young reefers to support the umm..."addiction" because we are not allowed to get jobs. Most of the time anyway. My peppermint shrimp, rock urchin, macro, snails, and hermits all survived. I wasmost upset about my serpent starfish...I got him when we went on a trip to the Columbus Zoo. I've had him for about a year now...I'm not 100% sure he's dead, but he has lost all or most of his legs, and hasn't moved in 2 days. He is wedged halfway under a rock, so I can only see part ofhis body.

It makes me mad though, because I usually quarantine my new fish, but they still get sick. I quarantine for a month per fish, except for this one time. Well, my step dad has never quarantined his fish, and has had the same fish for a year now...we get them from the same places, but his always survive...
 
what does your stepdad think happened to kill the fish? It is odd that the fish all died, and your shrimp survived. Usually, they are the first to go. Did you feed the tank food that had possibly been left out all day damp?

I would get that serpent out of there pronto before he further fouls things.

Which time did you not quarenteen?
 
Perhaps you added regular tap water without declorinating it first? Maybe city water w/ chlorine killed them? Well maybe not if your inverts survived.

puzzling...but don't give up though.
 
My stepdad doesn't know. He didn't get me into saltwater, I got him into it. I have had about a year and a half and he's had about a half a year. No food was left out. I didn't add any water, and I am very conscious about chlorine, so I never forget to dechlorinate.
 
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