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11/24/2017, 03:05 PM | #26 |
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Well finally the clownfish have spread out across the tank. Now all 19 bta's are hosting!
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11/25/2017, 07:47 PM | #28 | |
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12/02/2017, 09:53 AM | #29 |
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any update on the 50 clowns? still in the q tank?
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12/03/2017, 07:25 PM | #30 |
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My 180g is the q tank! I went 120days since marine velvet wiped out my tank. So the tank has been empty. But yes all 55 clowns doing well.. they are spread out across entire tank and all 19 bta;s are hosting.
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12/07/2017, 02:20 PM | #31 |
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Almost month into the Harem tank, a few updates. Really no aggression to report, dont see any nipped fins or anything. Clowns are now spread out thru entire tank, pretty much in 2 groups now. My algae scrubber I am cleaning 1 of the 6" x 10" about every 6-7 days with full growth (1 screen gets cleaned on wednesday, the other screen on saturday. Clean skimmer cup 1x a week. Still doing 1 water change a month, 30g out of the complete 300g system. And I add a goby to "work" on cleaning the sand both.. might need to upsize the cleanup screw.
sal. 1.026 Ph 8.0 Nitrites = 0 Nitrates = 0 ammon = 0 temp = 79.5
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12/07/2017, 02:33 PM | #32 |
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Cool goby! What is it? Watchman?
I do see aggression, but I don't think it's anything to worry about yet nor does it look bad. it's when they go head to head and size each other up. You see it in the beginning and in the back anemone. I suspect each anemone will have a dominant clown, and any that get kicked out can probably wander to a different one. At some point they should settle down into a good group with bickering here and there. Looking good! |
01/08/2018, 06:30 PM | #33 |
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Little 1st of the year update... 2 new Bta's Black Widow, Ultra Neon Green Snowflake, and an Ultra Watermelon. No causalties, all growing except 2 runts.. lol, Bta count now at 24, hardly no more spliting they are just getting big!
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01/19/2018, 05:09 AM | #34 |
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Looks fantastic. What a joy this must be to watch everyday.
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03/22/2018, 04:47 PM | #35 |
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5 month update:
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03/29/2018, 05:52 PM | #36 |
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Great looking tank.Have you noticed any pairing off yet?
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03/30/2018, 02:49 PM | #37 |
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180g ClownFish Harem Build (yes another.. lol)
Soooo much FOMO from this! what a great job. If I had my way, our whole house would be tanks. I’m supposed to keep to a ‘tank budget’, but hubs can barely rein me in. smh
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03/30/2018, 06:07 PM | #38 |
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Wow this looks awesome. Hoping to keep just a pair of clowns in the future.
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04/03/2018, 04:48 PM | #39 |
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Well.. pretty much I think I am down to the last 2 position.. the queen and her mate.. which are the 2 biggest helmet picasso's. Not much confrations that I see from the others.. just the 2 biggest clowns.
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06/23/2018, 07:48 AM | #40 |
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Feeding time... little update:
- Lost 4 bta's, including my big black widow. Had a issue with mixing wild bta's with domesticate bta's. Was able to get them out before polluting the tank. - The black is really starting to fill in on the clowns.
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Sorry for your losses, and I'm glad you got it taken care of.
I keep questioning when people say this, and I'm going to have to do this again. What does this mean? How does one determine when a BTA becomes domesticated?
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Just read through your whole build, very nice! I'm building a 90g cube (36x24x24) as a clown harem as well, and wanted your opinion on clown numbers. You have 55 clowns within a 180g tank, so with that I could technically fit 27-28 clowns.
How did you arrive at 55 / 180 ? I understand this partially depends on species and filtration, but in terms of territory/aggression, that's what I'm curious about. |
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IME, and this was already discussed but worth reiterating, what's more important than the number of clowns is the number of hosting anemones you have. If you have 50 clowns and one nem, they'll most likely kill the nem, even if it's a large carpet. It's best to get your host anemones established and then throw in the clowns, and if they are not natural hosts, then hope that they quickly form a bond.
Also, once you get over say 30 clowns, it's really hard to tell how many you actually have. I only have about 18 spread over 6 gigantea, and I can't tell exactly how many clowns are in the tank.
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07/28/2018, 01:30 AM | #47 |
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I love your tank!
I currently have a 100 gallon tank with about 40 BTAs (they are splitting all the time) and I'm seriously considering to get a clown fish harem of about 20 clowns. |
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Awesome tank. I’m in the process of converting my 240 gallon from a mixed reef to a clownfish harem tank. Any more updates on how everything is doing?
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08/28/2018, 06:57 AM | #49 |
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Nice picasso
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09/01/2018, 07:11 AM | #50 |
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Let me see if I can this youtube embedd to work.
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