Newbie 24 gallon all-in-one reefer.

[lmforbis]

After the last fish is gone 72 days. Only fish are affected. Without a proper QT system and protocol this will keep happening.

 

[3xplorer19]

Copy thank you

 

[3xplorer19]

Having the same clown fish before anemone split, why doesn’t it go back after ? Doesn’t clown recognize it?

 

[lmforbis]

That’s just the way they work. BTA isn’t a natural host for the kind of clown you have. Many clowns like them but they can be fickle.

 

[3xplorer19]

Since percula isn’t a good match, would you mind telling me what is? How about ocellaris? I know they are almost identical.

 

[lmforbis]

Clarkii and maroon. You don’t want either. Both are big clown fish (~6”) range. Way too big for a 24 gal. They are also two of the most aggressive and territorial clowns. The Clarkii is pretty ugly when it is an adult too.

 

[3xplorer19]

Clarkii looks like the spotcinctus clownfishes that I had and returned it to swap to a Percula. However I didn’t know they don’t like or they stand alone. I just feel bad for my nems cause no clowns go to them. Specially are it split. Sticking to my routine my parameters are ok. So far 3 months on October 5th all is good. Now just a waiting game to see the growth of the 15 corals I got.

 

[lmforbis]

The nems don’t care, they have no brain, no Nervous system. The clown may go back. BTAs are not the normal host for percs but they will go to them sometimes.

 

[3xplorer19]

I see. The fish store I buy my stuffs is down to earth and I can swap fish with him so I might just do that over the weekend. Why are aussie scoly expensive?

 

[3xplorer19]

Imforbis, I was finally able to let go of my freshwater tank. Had to really convince my wife to let it go cause the fishes I got in there are getting really big. On a 10 gallon it has 2 oscars, 2 corys, 2 red parrot cichlid and 1 blue crawfish. I donated it to my local fish store and in return he gave me a really nice two paired maroon clowns. One her white band is turning gold and the second is smaller and they are cool to one another. So now I made it a quarantine tank for my saltwater. Had to clean it really hard with chemicals it required. Now I’m just conditioning for whatever I need to put in there when is it sick or something.
What must a QT have and require?

 

[3xplorer19]

just wanted to share a quick video of my tank please let me know what else i can do to be better?

 

[3xplorer19]

Imforbis since my rainbow nems split, they haven’t been eating much. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[lmforbis]

Often they split when they are stressed. Not enough light or water quality is often the cause.

 

[3xplorer19]

maybe it could be my lighting and it's intensity. how i set my lighting is 8 hours a day. the actinic light is 8 hours total on the lowest settings and my white light is 1-2 hours through out the day on the low too. i am going to adjust my lighting longer perhaps? my water pars are not bad as you see below. what else could it possibly be? maybe it's the way i change my water. i turn everything off take 2.4 gallons ..then refill it in the sump area and turn it back on again? i'm worried and i love my nems. I’ll try and share a pic when I get home today.