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Which fish is best for begginers???  

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  1. 1. Which fish is best for begginers???

    • 1)Occelaris Clownfish
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    • 2)Clark's Clownfish
      4
    • 3)Pink Skunk Clownfish
      1
    • 4)Tomato Clownfish
      8
    • 5)Percula Clownfish
      18
    • 6)Firegobies
      8
    • 7)Yellow Tang
      17
    • 8)Damselfishes
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    • 9)Koran Angelfish
      5
    • 10)None of the above(Please State)
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Which one good???I ask you all which is reccomended for begginers.

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Which one good???I ask you all which is reccomended for begginers.

Actually clownfishes are a sub-species of damsel fishes - so all the clownfishes are ok - except that they tend to get territorial as they get bigger in size - so if you can introduce only 2 species at same time in a 2ft tank for example.

If your water parameters are oky, dartfish/firegobies will make excellent fishes for beginners except that they are good jumpers - so you should cover the top of your tank to prevent sucide-jumping

my two-cent worth :)

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why no chromis?

bro chromis under damselfish

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i was thinking trying clark's clowns cause people say damsels=devils.And i want see their cute little faces.But they sometimes get very territorial.

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occelaris is great . Please do resist the temptation to house them with an anemone until your tank has stabilised for at least 9 mths to 1 yr.

Main Tank : 48 inch by 36 inch by 28 inch (2 sides starphire glass)
Sump Tank :
Return Pump :
Chiller : Starmax Compressor 1 HP Drop coil
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Protein Skimmer :
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Tomato clowns! It's the hardiest to me.

Do take note: One of the aggressive clowns : )

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 4ft x 2ft x 2ft Mixed Reef (BB):-
50 Gal Sump,

Apex Controlled System (Lab grade),
Deltec SC1455 Protein Skimmer,
Vortech MP40wQD,

Jebao RW-15

Maxspect Razor 320w
Eheim 1260 Return Pump,
Hailea HS-66A 1/4HP chiller,
TLF Reactor 150, running HydroCarbon 



 

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Got my Clarkii clownfish in october last year but it is living on the bubble coral.No anemone they go there and my true octo coral.

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What about maroon clown its not listed up there??

1ft cube with IOS [the low tech tank]

1. JBJ C-breeze to keep temp hovering around 27-28'C

2. LED clip on - 120 bulbs

-skimmer-less-

My 3 humble equipments that keeps my tank running... [DRIED OUT]

1. The RSM itself of course 2.My NEW Deltec MCE-300 Skimmer 3. My trusty Arctica Chiller

Tank parameters:

Temperature maintained at 25.3'C to 24.7'C

No3: 10ppm(b4 the use of the deltec skimmer)

No3: 5ppm (after use of the skimmer)

Others? too lazy to measure...LOL

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What about maroon clown its not listed up there??

maroon clowns are hardy, but very aggressive.. u can forget abt putting another clown inside unless its a pair.. that's from my limited experiences.. :)

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All are easy for newbies except koran angel fish...quite prone to ich and they grow quite fast to outgrow yr tank space.

Koran angelfish is a good angelfish for newbies who want to try angelfish. Koran is one of the easiest angelfish for the beginners, who are attempting to keep angelfish. However, like all angelfish, the koran angelfish is not reccomended for beginners in general who just started, with no experience yet.

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Koran angelfish is a good angelfish for newbies who want to try angelfish. Koran is one of the easiest angelfish for the beginners, who are attempting to keep angelfish. However, like all angelfish, the koran angelfish is not reccomended for beginners in general who just started, with no experience yet.

:erm: ??? I dun quite understand your statement. Newbies and beginner...are they the same?

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Many years ago where marine keeping wasnt popular here. There were classification of beginner fish. Today all bro in this forum are doing great job, reading articles, research and ask around that make all of them more advance. Even if you are not beginner, do you think you can keep a common clown alive? To me there's no more beginner fish. Either can keep or leave it in the ocean special. For beginner,

1. When you set up a tank, you require lot of patience, cycling your tank, getting the optimum water chemisty balance then talk about fishes and coral.

2. Once everything right, plan what you want to keep and how many fish your tank can hold.

3. Is the type of fishes you love to have suitable for your set up? Ex: Angels in a reef tank? Lion fish with

your existing goby?

4. Selection of fish, do research before purchase.

5. In this forum, a lot of very helpful bros include sis will advice and help.

* Patience is a key to success in reefing. Seek and you will find( if face problem, ask around and you will

find the answer)and ask you will be given.

Keeping angel fishes, understand their characteristic, behaivour as well as disease. Koran can be easy if your tank water quality meet it requirement.

List of some of the angel from easy to difficult to keep. 1(impossible) 5(very easy)

Feedback from myself that i kept before and those high lighted was review by friends

Pomacanthus family

French,Grey, Asfur, Maculosus, Emperor, Koran, Blue ring --- 4/5

Holacanthus

Queen, Blue, King--- 3.5/5

Chaetodonplus family

Scribble, queensland angel, personifer--- 3/5

conspicilatus,septentrionalis, melanosama,vermiculated,2-2.5/5

Pomacanthus(Euxiphipop)

Blue face, six barred and majestic ---3/5

Apolemicthys family

Indian yellow tail, redsea angel, goldflake,griffis,---3/5

Flag fin( blue lip)--- 2.5/5

Bandit--- 1/5

Genicanthus family

Melanospilos( blackspot) lemarck, --- 3/5

Watanabei, bellus, semifasciatus ---2.5/5

Paracentropyge family

multi barred, venusta --- 2/5

Pygoplites family

Regal( yellow belly or white belly) 3/5 ( indon 2/5)

Centropyge family

Acanthop, argi coral beauty, eibl, vrolikii 3.5/10

flame, rusty, multi color, ---3/5

potter, bicolor, lemon peel, keyhole, midnight, yellow, golden, colin--2-2.5/5

* subjected to indiviually water quality.

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Tank 1 : 36 x 36 x 30

Tank 2 : 30 x 36 x 30

Sump : 43 x 30 x 15

Light 1 : LumenAqua LED lighting systems 72W

Light 2 : LumenAqua LED lighting systems 72W

Wavemaker : 1 x Tunze wavebox

Skimmer : Deltec 701 and Deltec TS 1250 Turbo Skimmer

Chiller : Arctica 1/4

Return pump 1: Rio 32

Return pump 2: Rio 20

Pinpoint : PH meter

Pinpoint : Temp meter

Pinpoint : ORP controller

Ozonizer : Sander C200

Tank1 and 2 : 308gallon

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