Clown Anemone question

bigpapa

bigpapa

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Hello all, my first post on here. Ok, right now I have a 65 Long with mostly clowns in there. So far I have 2 false perculas, 1 maroon, 1 tomato, 1 clarkii or sebae- I cant tell the difference. I also have a Lawnmower blenny, a mandarin dragonet, a blue damsel and 3 neon gobys-- there are also a few fiddlers in there as well-they have been in there for 2 months now, go figure.
Anyway, here is my question--I was told that the false perculas wont take to anemones because they are acuacultured so I dont have any in the tank- just live rock. The rest of my clowns I have no idea if they were or not(from the LFs). They all get along fine. But, right now I am working on removing some green hair algae and it seems that the clarkii/sebae clown acts toward it like it was an anemone.
A-should I look into getting an anemone for him?
B-would this be bad for the other inhabitants in the tank?
A little background-this tank has been set up since july. It was originally for inverts but I have since gone with the clowns. The fiddlers are not supposed to be there but my invert didnt get a chance to get them and I cant figure how they have lived under the water this long with no air access.. hmm
Thanks in advance for any input I could get.
 
itom37

itom37

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I'm astounded that there aren't serious issues with all those different clowns in the same tank! Hopefully your luck will hold. I feel like adding an anemone will cause some territory problems in an already precarious situation. Normally it is not recommended to have more than one type of clown in the same tank unless it is very large (much larger than a 65). I hope it continues to work for you, but I'd suggest sticking with your favorite clown species and taking the others back.
Tank raised clowns can host... search for forums about the picture method in this section. I have had it work with tank raised tomatoes.
 
sac10918

sac10918

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Sometimes the clowns get even moe territorial when an anemone is in the picture....I feel like if you were to add one, you might disrupt the balance that you have. I agree with itom37 that you should look to have only one species of the clowns in your tank. Perhaps choose a favorite type and keep two and then you could get them an anemone, providing you have the proper lighting and parameters for the anemone.
As mentioned by itom37, tank-raised clowns will host an anemone just as good as wild caught ones!
 
bjoe23

bjoe23

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First of all welcome to the boards

Second, as noted above, unless clowns are all percs, or mated, the WILL PROBABLY fight. All percs get along fine with each other, and so do mated pairs of clowns. With that many species of clowns they cood attack each other. Not to mention the damsels are very mean fish, they will bully alot of fish
 
lexluethar

lexluethar

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I have two acuacultured false perculas and they host my BTA just fine. They took to it within a week.
I think the reason you are getting "away" with that many clowns right now is they are all juveniles, once they become more mature they will ALL begin to fight. I only have two clowns and they fight all the time (think they are displaying dominance).
Welcome to the boards and don't hesitate to ask questions :)
 
bigpapa

bigpapa

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Originally Posted by itom37
I'm astounded that there aren't serious issues with all those different clowns in the same tank! Hopefully your luck will hold. I feel like adding an anemone will cause some territory problems in an already precarious situation. Normally it is not recommended to have more than one type of clown in the same tank unless it is very large (much larger than a 65). I hope it continues to work for you, but I'd suggest sticking with your favorite clown species and taking the others back.
Tank raised clowns can host... search for forums about the picture method in this section. I have had it work with tank raised tomatoes.
Thanks for the input everyone!! Just to help clarify the situation here.. Yeah, I am aware about the aggresive nature of the damsel--so far he leaves the other fish alone except when I introduced the lawnmower and that was cause they wanted the same spot. With a few tail slaps from the blenny, the damsel keeps to his own little cave and the lawnmower does his own thing. I had read on here about the problems with different clowns but at that time I already had them. This is my bad. Originally this tank was going to be set up for an Octopus but with having so many issues in getting and keeping one I went with the fish so they have all been in there for approx 2 months. They are all(clowns) are 2 inches or smaller and have shown no aggression to each other. The only defensive acting one is the clarkii/sebae one and that is why I was asking about the anemone.
To make a long story short lol, I currently also have 2 other 30 gallons and in about 2 months will be going big with something over 125 so if I need to make that move like suggested I should have the space for it.
AGain, thanks for all the replies!!! I will keep posting all my questions-believe me I ask alot, and I look forward to the replies!!!!
Rob
 
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