stevens421 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 So I've been struggling with my clownfish the last couple years. They move from coral to coral trying to host and end up beating the poor bastard to death (or close to). I've gotten corals specifically for them to host and they have zero interest, they've gone threw a frogspawn, a gorgeous trachyphyllia (def not for them), ricordeas, and now they are on to my polyp/zoa colonies. Enough is enough! So I went and got a pretty little sunburst bubble tip. He's been in the tank for more then a day now, seems happy enough. Dug himself into a nice crevice not but an inch from where I originally put him. Have all my other corals bunched in the sand on the other side of the tank, which is not saying much as I have a bio cube 14. Took off the hood, mp10, first chamber heater and chaeto, second media basket with floss, purigen, chemipure elite, third upgraded return pump. Running a nano box reef duo led over the display and my question is will it be enough for a nem. I'm aware this thing will outgrow the tank. I've got a friend who is taking all but a select couple pieces of coral, figured getting the clowns a nem was better then letting them continuously kill beautiful corals. (If they don't host I'm done. So done.) My duo settings are 190blues 120whites 9am-10pm 1hour ramp time for sunrise/set. Thanks in advance! Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Interested in the response you get. Link to comment
CrazyCarl Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I would have removed the clowns, but you seem to have gone the other way lol. You may be ok with the clowns and the anemone for a while. Not sure the specs on the nanobox, but I see folks with SPS that have them, so you should be fine. My clown is the same way. I have actually witnessed her bite a chunk out of my candy cane, and it continually harasses my Duncan not hosting it just swimming into the heads face first and making them close up. She makes enormous sandstorms and bulldozes loose frags on the sandbed. I got an anemone thinking it would host and this behavior might stop, but in a week and a half still not hosting the RBTA and behavior is the same. No clowns next tank. Not entirely reef safe IME. Link to comment
mattyfelts Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 cant force anything to host the clown. Theyll do as they want when they want. I've heard of people whose clowns never hosted. Link to comment
4x5 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 A duo will have more than enough power. BTAs are easy, don't stress it. Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 cant force anything to host the clown. Theyll do as they want when they want. I've heard of people whose clowns never hosted. I love your avatar, I just imagine bob sage cussing at those clown fishes. Link to comment
stevens421 Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 I would have removed the clowns, but you seem to have gone the other way lol. You may be ok with the clowns and the anemone for a while. Not sure the specs on the nanobox, but I see folks with SPS that have them, so you should be fine. My clown is the same way. I have actually witnessed her bite a chunk out of my candy cane, and it continually harasses my Duncan not hosting it just swimming into the heads face first and making them close up. She makes enormous sandstorms and bulldozes loose frags on the sandbed. I got an anemone thinking it would host and this behavior might stop, but in a week and a half still not hosting the RBTA and behavior is the same. No clowns next tank. Not entirely reef safe IME. I thought about getting rid of them so many times but could never bring myself to do it, unfortunately I'm attached lol. A duo will have more than enough power. BTAs are easy, don't stress it. okay cool, my monti cap has been doing great under it but just wasn't 100% about the nem. Thanks! Link to comment
bevo5 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 My clown never touches the rta. They do not get along. Link to comment
stevens421 Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 You guys are bumming me out lol also that the nem is where they were hosting the polyps and they haven't gone near it. Its still early though! Link to comment
mattyfelts Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I love your avatar, I just imagine bob sage cussing at those clown fishes. LMAO exactly the reaction i was looking for Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Clowns are awesome. This reminds me of the misbehaving schooling fish in freshwater. Where this unhappy owner buys this giant tank, sets it up perfectly, adds 50 cardinal tetras only to find out that they like to randomly scatter around the tank, staying as far away from each other as possible. Link to comment
stevens421 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 So this is kind of off topic, but I just noticed what looked like white strings by the nem. Its not open completely where the strings are, so I checked my acans to see if they were trying to nuke the new neighbor but nope, nothing. I watch the string for awhile n eventually reach in and touch one... It retracted then extended after a short while. After watching longer I realized this was a worm of some kind, I've got tons of spaghetti worms but haven't seen one like this. Did some research and boom, digitate hydroids. Anyone have experience with em? The web has such mixed opinions. I've lost zoas and polyps out of nowhere on that piece of rock before and it doesn't look like its too friendly with the new nem, could they be stinging? Link to comment
yomon347 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 My clown has yet to host my GBTA after about 8 weeks. It seems to prefer the ducan, but has not truly hosted anything yet. Good luck. Link to comment
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