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I have heard of a few people that are breeding "percullaris" clowns with some success.

I dont use any actinic over most of my anemones, and they are doing well. I am one that believes that actinic is for aesthetics only.

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Clowns arent usually actually feeding the anemones, but like Cody said, they are storing it until the rest of the food that is available in the water column has disappeared. I rarely spot feed my anemones, but I doo feed the whole reef heavily enough so that the anemones are able to get some of...

I have always thought of S.hadoni as one of the easier anemones to keep (second to a BTA). Yes, maybe a little more difficult to settle in, but once settled are easier. As mentioned, a DSB, and also good flow. Because they are usually larger, they need to purge themselves more often and the...

my skunks chose a RBTA over their natural host (H.mag). It will be hit and miss with any clown, but IME they will eventually accept a host. It may take some tim,e, but eventually....

I do think that most people concentrate too hard on feeding anemones hunks of food, but to say that they get 99.9999% of their energy (food) from strong lighting is not quite correct either. lighting will only feed the zooxanthallae which will only produce sugars. Anemones need proteins (meat)...

I was trying to say that CC stars prey upon soft corals and often anemones. Its possible that the star is looking to eat the anemone and not the other way around

Originally Posted by Chano I have a condy anemone i also have two choc stars. One of these stars seems to have befriended the anemone as i was worried the anemone would try to eat him so i moved him away. A couple hours later i came back into the room and he was over with the anemone again...

Originally Posted by maelv Rod, how long did it take from the time you got them as juveniles for them to start spawning? My youngest pair was about 16-18 months old when they started spawning. I have only tried to raise 2 of the ?10? batches that they have laid. Between those two batches, I...

I have 2 pair of spawning onyx, a pair of spawning skunks, a pair of spawning tomato's,. Reciently gave away a pair of spawning clarkki, and last year gave away a pair of spawning fire clowns. My onyx have about 50-70% success rate.. My skunks are still young and only about a 10% success, but...

if you let the bag float, be sure to keep an eye on th etemp in the bag. Most lights will heat the water in the bag a lot hotter than the actual temp of the tank. Floating in the sump is an OK idea. Unless the water parameters (mostly salinity) are drastically different between your tank and...

It is commmon for new clown arrivals to hang out near a top corner, but 2 weeks seems a little long. I dont think its seeing a reflection. A fish looking out through a single pane of glass is not getting a reflection.. just like when you look in through a single pane, you dont see a reflection...

is it safe to get an anemone with 2 gobies and a basslet??? Depends on the species of anemone I have a lot of different anemones, and the only one that I have ever lost fish to is an S. Hadoni. S. hadoni has a pretty good rep for catching fish. My 3 other carpets (S.gigantea) have never eaten...

Originally Posted by PerfectDark That was one of the refrences given at the end of the FAQ. I specifically found the FAQ on ************. IMO one of if not the best resource for anything and everything salt water and more. Please do not post the names of competitor sites, or sites that advertise...

Originally Posted by Dawman Maroons can get to 5" in the wild , but not in captivity . I have seen them 6" + in captivity

It may not be lighting at all (but very well could be), It could be 1000 things.. Tell us more about your tank. We know that you have T5s and your water is "perfect" Lets have some actual readings temp? Alk? pH (early morning reading and late afternoon) nitrate (amm, and nitrite wouldnt hurt...

Originally Posted by Dogstar Capets generally like the sand. best to place it there at first, but I would not recomend trying to move yours now if its already attached...They have a reputation for staying put once settled for a long time and then all of a sudden for no apparent reason, up and...

The "Haitian anemone" is from the Caribbean, and there are no clowns in the Caribbean, therefore the haitian (AKA Condylactus gigantea ) is not a "natural host" for any clowns. I have seen maroons accept a condylactus as a host

If you can retrofit some halides . you should be able to get into (2) x 250s for about $175-$200 each ($350-$400 for the set).. Long term they are much cheaper to run mostly due to bulb replacement. I would pop a 250 on each side of the center brace. Then you will be "good to go" with whatever...