Christmas may be over for now...but I've getting myself a belated holiday present.
Thanks to some help from a fellow aquarium blogger, Sarah from Northern Lights Aquatics, I've decided to go with clownfish for my new tank.
As Sarah mentioned in her recent guest post on this blog, she and her husband have have one 55 gallon FOWLR tank which contains two Percula clownfish and a couple of snails. She suggested clownfish in her post because they're so well known now. They're also fun to watch and easy to maintain.
I then realized that Sarah wasn't the only blogger talking up the clownfish! Melissa from That Fish Blog recently asserted that when people think of fish swimming in the ocean, they think of clownfish, which his absoluately true. Those clownfish have that damsel in distress thing going on. And who could forget Nemo, the clownfish from the hit Disney movie! He's done something big for clownfish everywhere!
You'll find a gorgeous picture of a clownfish at The Right Blue, where deep sea divers Bobby and Jerry have snapped a beautiful shot of one in Sipadan Island, Malaysia. Take a look.
On the same day, Keith M. from Marine Depot Blog briefly mentioned his Ocellaris clownfish which were fitting in nicely with the Orchid Dottyback and the African Flameback Angel in his 54-gallon tank. The plethora of colors created a beautiful mix.
When considering clownfish, John Cunningham of Aquarists Online fame told us to go for clownfish with your anemone or flowering plant that clownfish are known to occupy. "When considering livestock for an anemone," John wrote, "clownfish of various types are probably the choice of most aquarists."
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