Clownfish question??

superkracker · 01/07/2007, 09:20 AM

Alright, I get mixed reviews on this, so I thought I would ask to PROS!!! I have a 75gl tank with about a 100lbs of rock and two anemones in it (among other things). One on each side of the tank. I currently have a maroon clown who WILL NOT get anywhere near my beautiful long tentacle anemone on the other side of the tank. Is there any way I can put in a skunk clown or two in the tank for the other anemone? Okay thats all I got now GIVE IT TO ME.

rreddick · 01/07/2007, 09:32 AM

In a 75 you are asking for trouble. The maroon are very agressive clowns and in that size tank with a diffent species of clown you will end up with some dead cloen fish. Try a smaller Maroon, he may host and bring the other one along, also a chance they may mate. But, even adding a small maroon could end up with trouble. You would have to montor close for the first few days and pull the smaller clown if serious trouble arises.

Ron

sir_dudeguy · 01/07/2007, 09:55 AM

do not mix clowns, especially in a 75 and ESPECIALLY with a maroon. It will probably kill any other clown pretty quick.

I may be wrong, but i dont think that long tentacle anemone's even host maroon clowns?

And just because you've got anemones and other corals, there's no guarantee that a clown will be hosted by it. Mine chose a powerhead for the first few months till i got a toadstool

superkracker · 01/07/2007, 09:59 AM

Yea, thats what I thought, as far as any more clowns. The moron oops I mean maroon clown hangs with a condi?

rreddick · 01/07/2007, 11:19 AM

Superkrack
These are some one the nems they will host with, in nature the perfered host is:
Bubble Tip Anemones (Heteractis quadricolor).

Ritteri Anemone, Heteractis magnifica,
Long Tentacle Anemone, Macrodactyla doreensis.
Pizza or Carpet Anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum)
Sebae Anemone (Heteractis malu)

Ron

01/07/2007, 09:20 AM	#1
superkracker Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gainesville Posts: 23	Clownfish question?? Alright, I get mixed reviews on this, so I thought I would ask to PROS!!! I have a 75gl tank with about a 100lbs of rock and two anemones in it (among other things). One on each side of the tank. I currently have a maroon clown who WILL NOT get anywhere near my beautiful long tentacle anemone on the other side of the tank. Is there any way I can put in a skunk clown or two in the tank for the other anemone? Okay thats all I got now GIVE IT TO ME.

01/07/2007, 09:55 AM	#3
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	do not mix clowns, especially in a 75 and ESPECIALLY with a maroon. It will probably kill any other clown pretty quick. I may be wrong, but i dont think that long tentacle anemone's even host maroon clowns? And just because you've got anemones and other corals, there's no guarantee that a clown will be hosted by it. Mine chose a powerhead for the first few months till i got a toadstool __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

01/07/2007, 09:59 AM	#4
superkracker Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gainesville Posts: 23	Yea, thats what I thought, as far as any more clowns. The moron oops I mean maroon clown hangs with a condi? Last edited by superkracker; 01/07/2007 at 10:20 AM.

01/07/2007, 09:32 AM	#2
rreddick Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brewster, MA Posts: 224	In a 75 you are asking for trouble. The maroon are very agressive clowns and in that size tank with a diffent species of clown you will end up with some dead cloen fish. Try a smaller Maroon, he may host and bring the other one along, also a chance they may mate. But, even adding a small maroon could end up with trouble. You would have to montor close for the first few days and pull the smaller clown if serious trouble arises. Ron

01/07/2007, 11:19 AM	#5
rreddick Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brewster, MA Posts: 224	Superkrack These are some one the nems they will host with, in nature the perfered host is: Bubble Tip Anemones (Heteractis quadricolor). Ritteri Anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Long Tentacle Anemone, Macrodactyla doreensis. Pizza or Carpet Anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum) Sebae Anemone (Heteractis malu) Ron