Clowns and Anemones Only

[Nitro]

Hi I'm starting my second marine tank, clowns and anemones only tank with the exception of 1x Humu Humu, 1x Rock beauty from Marshall Isle, 1x Blue tang.

Wonder if any reefers here got the experience of keeping anemones successfully in their tank for 2 years and more?

[LoReNsIa]

i keep my RBTA with me for 1yr plus be4.. the present one with me for about half a yr.. and doing very good!

[Nitro]

Lorensia > What do u do to keep it alive and well for a yr+ ? Any more reefers with experience in keeping anemones for over a yr+ or 2?

[LoReNsIa]

sometimes when i feed my fishes, the food will flow to them.. and the clown fish will feed them too.. it is growing and growing bigger each day..

[sisreefer]

I have a BTA for almost 3yrs already and it has doubled it's size.

Have another small one for close to 4 yrs and it has recently split and so now I have 3 anemones in my tank.

[Nitro]

Lorensia & Sisreefer > possible to post latest photos of ur anemone tank for our eyes

[LoReNsIa]

erm.. don have a digi cam now leh.. and my sony ericsson w850 cannot take nice photo.. haha..

[cdckjn]

Anemones requires a chiller for growth, in my humble opinion. They require about cool water.

[sisreefer]

I think those that are brown and green have more chances for survival as I'd failed to keep the white and yelllow ones.

My anemones had gone through high nitrates and phosphates and survived .

I don't feed them as I find that they get energetic and walk around the tank after feeding a prawn.

But I have a chiller and I use HO t5's

Below is the anemone which I had for about 3 yrs,it can expand to 1 feet.

[sisreefer]

sorry,I'll try to attach again

[sisreefer]

The baby that just split from the one I had for 4 years.

[Nitro]

sisreefer,

Nice anemones u've got. So a chiller is a must or juz room temp @ ard 28deg with a small fan will do?

I'm trying to see if I can keep a tankful of anemones with clown fish with minimum high consumption equipments. So far, bought abt 10 anemones and left one survival.

Now, I've a ext Ehiem filter, 2x PL 18watts from ZooMed, 1x fan. Next equipment to get is a Tunze Nano skimmer. That's all for equipments, don't plan to get anymore. Will try to post photos soon.

Why I'm setting up this project??? I hope I can keep clowns and anemones successfully and share my experiences with those who are keen on clowns and anemones. Wish me all the best, reefers!

[Nitro]

Here comes the photos of my new Clown & Anemones tank.

[Nitro]

Close up front view

[Nitro]

Pics are abit grainy and the tank has fine sand particle floating around too. Caused by the two Maroons who always sweep the sand bed from the centre as u can see from the pic above that the centre portion of the sand are swept to the sides.

[Nitro]

Side view

[Nitro]

Another side view

[Nitro]

One more of the front view from an angle

[Nitro]

Equipments that I'm using now.

[colinsoon]

bro try changing your rockwork so you got more nooks and creaves so the base of the anemones can enter and hide.. once so i think they should be rather stable already... i realised that if they are not anchored properly they are more easily stresed out, and has a much reduced chance of survival...

[Nitro]

ok point noted. Will see if I can create more caves.

[cdckjn]

I noticed that you have three types of clownfishes inside you tank - maroon, clarki (the black and white) and the normal (orange/black) - so any problems with them living together? the last time I put the maroon and clarki together they fight rather badly.

[Nitro]

It's not Clarki, it Akindynoes, brought it from ML. Strange thing is I can't find the exact photos to ID cuz the shape, finnage etc are different. They look more like a Percula and Akin hybrid

So far abit of chasing but no serious fighting or biting observed.

[LoReNsIa]

hey bro.. i juz found a pic of my anemone with my black ossie..

[exiled_infidel]

Your clowns look like A polymnus to me.