clown being picked on

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wallie

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as some of you may no i just purcest a 55 gallon tank with 45 lbs of LR the tank was establised for about 2 years i moved it to my house about a week ago the guy i bought it from didnt relly no what he was doing. not that i no much more any way it has a large varity of fish and invertibrates
3 ocellaris clowns
1 yellow tank
1naso tang
1 royal gamma basslet
1 engerner gobie well at lest i think it is but its black with yellow strips that run diagional
1 Green Mandarin
i no that the tangs should be in a bigger tank but thats not going to happen my ifs wont take them. as for invertibrats i have
1 serpent star
1 fancy brittle star
1 sponge grab
2 relly big snals forgot ther names
12 blue hermits
30-40 margerita snals
1banded coral shrimp
1blood red srimp
i hawian fetherduster
as for equpment i have 2 pengwin 330 filters 3 power heads and aseclone proteen skimmer for lighting i have a 44 inch light fikster with 2 corallife 50/50 65 watt compact floresents
any one of my clown fish the smallest on seems to be getting picked on by the other 2 larger one the guy said that he bought all tree of them together but who no i have read that you should only keep two ofthese guys together is this true? when the wear first here they seemed to be all fine together> any way i was thinking of getting a anemone my if said i should get a bubble one do u guys think this one whould be ok ? do i have anouf lighting/will this make my clowns mor agressive twords one another? dont no much but im learning thanks
 

a short

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Try to see if there is a local reef club you could get pluged into or other saltwater enthusiests in your area and see if one of those guys could take one of your clowns and maby at least the naso, he really will need a larger tank eventually. It would be better to just give the 3rd clown away then slowly be picked to death by the more dominant ones. Every nip opens up the door to infection.
I hope you have a good pod supply on your live rock for your mandarin to eat.
Ther is no way an anemone can survive with that low lighting. They need high light to do well. I have the same fixture except the 96 watt on a 20 gal. and have been told this is not enough for my anemone. I am going to upgrade asap for my anemones health.
I would advise you to have your tank up and running for a while and get to the point of excellent water quality on a consistent basis before you look into an anemone. they are very sensitive to fluctuations in water quality.
Hope this has helped a little.
 
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