Personally, I think its highly unlikely that you will have much success with
such a small water capacity. I have only just started to have some success
having increased from a 30g to 60g reef that has been running for about 18
months from the start of the 30g. Plate coral wouldn't fair any better.
Keeping a fire clown with a host anenome was the sole reason I started the
tank in the first place. I seem to be fortunate enough to have succeeded -
more luck than ability, I wish someone had told me that my 30g tank was too
much of an unstable environment for these fascinating creatures.
The saddest thing I've ever seen in my tank was my clown fish trying to
stimulate life into a dyeing anenome.
Jason
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>From: "Barry B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Albert Thiel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: clownfish/anemones
>Date: Sat, Mar 3, 2001, 8:45
>
> Reefkeepers:
>
> I'd like to try my luck with a clownfish and anemone tank. I have a few
> questions that I would like to ask in regards to one of these setups. First
> of all I'm going to be using a 15 gallon tank. What type of lighting and
> how many watts of light do you suggest I use? My setup consists of a
> prefilter unit going to a sump, I'm using sand on the bottom, approximately
> 18 lbs of live rock, and will be adding a protein skimmer in the near
> future. My next question is what type of clownfish/anemone is the best to
> start out with that people have had some success with? My final question is
> I've read about plate corals liking sandy substrates, if I were to get a
> long tentacle plate coral could it be used for a substitute for a anemone
> and if so, what clownfish will adapt to this instead of using an anemone?
>
> Thank you
> Barry
>
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