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09-24-2005, 12:23 PM
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Fishy Member
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Location: central florida
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clownfish
i plan on doing either a 20 or a 29 gal reef tank.. also i wanted to put a couple fish in there that would spawn in my tank. so i was either thinking of doing perculas or the black clownfish (dont know their name, think maybe black perculas). just wondering what kind of filter would be the best for it all, undergravel or something like a rio with a sponge over the intake? and could i do both pairs of clownfish or could i only do 1 pair? i would like to do mushrooms, polyps, and simple things like that with them would that work? thanks
Last edited by bsautococker; 09-24-2005 at 09:04 PM.
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09-24-2005, 12:26 PM
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After your tank is setup for awhile, you dont want UGF, you could run a AC500 Fuge on back of 29g. I believe u need to siphon the eggs out when you see them into another tank that just has a airstone on it. then hatching begins...keeping them alive is completely another story, get'em to breed which takes awhile...
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09-24-2005, 08:23 PM
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Darth Ichthyos
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Just one pair!
They're a bit tricky, but not too hard. I'll be back later with some details if someone else doesn't provide them.
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09-25-2005, 09:43 PM
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oo that reminds me of something salt! Do you guys get TFH magazine? couple months ago had a indepth article on clownfish breeding and hatching of eggs, be worth going to find a copy....
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09-26-2005, 04:20 AM
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Fishy Member
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whats TFH?
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09-26-2005, 12:11 PM
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Darth Ichthyos
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Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine.
Yes, I get it. I don't recall the article, but since I used to be the growout manager of a clownfish farm, I tend to not pay much attention to such articles anyway.
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09-26-2005, 12:15 PM
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o lol, that's cool! Was it neat to see countless 'nemo's"?
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09-26-2005, 01:40 PM
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Fish Guru
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aghhh my ears! Not the n word!
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09-26-2005, 02:27 PM
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lol u should try having a lil one that can watch it 5x a day!
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09-27-2005, 07:36 AM
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Darth Ichthyos
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Yikes!
Actually, after raising about 3 million of the little guys, I kinda got bored with them. It was "neat" for about a week, but then it was just a grueling job.
Yes, shrooms & polyps will be fine with them, but bear in mind that they are very toxic and as such the water will have to be changed a good bit if you want the clowns to spawn.
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09-27-2005, 07:53 AM
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I dont know anything about saltwater fish, I just wanted to send ya some good luck! Cant wait to see pics of baby clownfish!
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12-06-2005, 11:17 PM
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whats the easiest method for sexing clowns?
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12-07-2005, 04:37 AM
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the female is the larger one out of the pair
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12-07-2005, 07:23 AM
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Darth Ichthyos
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Quite right!
Even better, it doesn't matter what gender they are when you start. Just put two random fish together and they'll change sex according to dominance. The boss fish will be the female and the other one will be the male within a few months. The females are almost always going to wind up being the bigger fish of the two.
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12-07-2005, 08:04 AM
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Beyond the rulz
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wot else is when they born they are all guys, so if u did a shoal of them ud have a breeding pair then the rest guys who just be m8s as it were, when the female dies the dominant male takes the wifes turn and another clown from the shoal becomes the dominant male.
quite cool tbh :P
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32G marine tank
6 kilos of live rock
1 cleaner shrimp
1 half black dwarf angel mixed with red line dwarf
2 Green chromosis
1 pink spotted goby
1 sand sifting starfish
2 neon blue hermits
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