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04-11-2007, 07:16 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: quxkertown pa
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good coral for my clowns
OK i have a 20g with a 5g fudge that bought used up and running. tanks has settled down from the move. I am looking for a coral that my true perkulas (sp?) might like. I don't think I am ready to try an anonymity yet as i am still getting use to what the tank wants when but the majors are almost dead on (nitrate still at .5 and dropping all others 0) have a 150w mh over the tank thanks dave
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04-11-2007, 07:25 PM
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I'm Kinda Bored
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: north of Dimples
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best for them is an anemone
bu the tend to try and host in many different corals
ranging from leathers to frogspawn
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04-11-2007, 07:31 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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My goofy clownfish tries to host in a completely closed flower pot coral! And my GSP's. And there is an anemone in the tank!! I think it depends more on whether your clown is going to host at all, then they will use anything, including a powerhead!
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04-11-2007, 10:35 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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Anenomes and LPS corals do great for clowns.
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04-12-2007, 01:03 AM
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The Snarky One
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: KS
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If you go ith an anemone, do some searching on what would be a natural host for true clown perulcas. be mindful though - the anemone will move to get to a place where he is comfortable with the light, flow, etc. That place might be right next to your prized coral so a great number of people do NOT like them in their reef tanks.
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04-12-2007, 01:10 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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My maroons have hosted condies, xenia, and are currently ticking my bubble coral off to no end! I would definatly try going with something other than the anemone to start. Mine for the most part stayed put but it never failed when he would decide to move he somehow managed to pull the cover off a powerhead and get mutalated. Tough little bugger.
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04-12-2007, 07:25 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
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well first off what kind of lights do you have? For anemones and most corals you need strong lights.
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04-12-2007, 08:45 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foamerdave
OK i have a 20g with a 5g fudge that bought used up and running. tanks has settled down from the move. I am looking for a coral that my true perkulas (sp?) might like. I don't think I am ready to try an anonymity yet as i am still getting use to what the tank wants when but the majors are almost dead on (nitrate still at .5 and dropping all others 0) have a 150w mh over the tank thanks dave
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"anonymity" - Wiskey I think you have some competition in the anti-spelling bee 
(Dave, since you are new, this is not intended as a jab at you at all, its a running joke here...)
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04-12-2007, 08:54 AM
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WRC President
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wichita, KS
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also in that small of a tank with that much light the anemone might not be too happy with it. My clown host's a torch which I hate. It was one of my fav. corals because it was so full but now its half closed all the time. He started hosting in the long tenacle anemone in my avatar, but that thing got huge! Its tentacles got to be about 10 inches long, so I decided to get rid of it because I wanted to go mainly coral.
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04-12-2007, 09:58 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: quxkertown pa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by partobe
well first off what kind of lights do you have? For anemones and most corals you need strong lights.
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was in the post but 150w mh over a 20g (i am working on my up grade tank slowly as money allows a 58g witch will have 2 150's over it that i have sitting in a box)
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04-12-2007, 09:59 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: quxkertown pa
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Originally Posted by mcliffy2
"anonymity" - Wiskey I think you have some competition in the anti-spelling bee
(Dave, since you are new, this is not intended as a jab at you at all, its a running joke here...) |
i will give him a run for his money i cant spell to save my life lol
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04-12-2007, 10:10 PM
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Dude? Dude? Focus dude...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Middle town KY
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i got a BTA that my clowns host in but she moved to the back to a better flow area and now my female( over 3in.) cant get to her, but male still can. so anemones cam move and cause a problem, i am just glad it stayed aways from my coral
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04-12-2007, 11:52 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by know-it-all
bu the tend to try and host in many different corals
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and rocks :P
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04-13-2007, 02:59 AM
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Reefer and proud of it!!!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Moore, Ok
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well i don't know about which is the best to host clowns. But i diffently would like to find out, because i have two condy anemone's and would like to find a pair of clowns that would host in one or both anemone's. haven't decided which clowns to get though. I also have only a 20 gal tank.
here are my pics
http://www.thereeftank.com/photopost...0&ppuser=19841 |
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04-29-2007, 07:20 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Glasgow
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Hey everyone !
Havent been on for a while but I got these 2 lovely percula clowns and an anenome. The anenome did not come with them. However after waiting about 2 weeks one has finally found his new pad.
Enjoy
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...t=MOV07349.flv
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