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  5. it all started...

    in Saltwater

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    Sounds nice - I love B & W clowns (who doesn't?!). Also like your idea of chromis - they look great in groups (how many do you have to have to call it a school?!)

    I have one clown in my RSM and when I first got it it spent each night swimming right at the top of the tank in the back corner and would spend the day near a xenia until it found the anemone......

    Then it spent nearly all it's time near it or in it and sleeps in it - the first night it slept in it I came out to look and it was so still I ended up poking it to make sure it was alive :oops: It looks much more "asleep" inthe aemone than it did when it was at the top of the tank.

    It will also defend the anemone from the CBB and the flame angel and will attempt to dig it out if it tries to retract under the substrate. Last week for the first time I saw it grab a piece of mussel that was meant for the star fish and took it right to the anemone and fed it. Anyway - although clowns are common etc and everyone says "Nemo" when they see one I think they are very entertaining and interactive and certianly worthwhile keeping.

    Hope all goes well with your tank!

  8. Who set you up?

    in Saltwater

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    For us it was John at Organism - I used to go in to look at the carnivorous plants and then happened to look at the marine selection - I was fascinated by the flame angel, coral banded shrimp and clam (the ones that ended up in cONCH's tank!!)It was at the time the RSM was just coming in and after a few visits and some discussion between ourselves and John we decided to give it a go. So glad we did!

  17. newey from Blenheim

    in Welcome

    Posted

    Welcome - some nice pics!

    Pity to hear about the angel though.....

    I (well me and my partner) have a RSM reef tank - still a long way to go until I'm happy with it, but one day at a time! Love it though!

  21. funni clowns??

    in Saltwater

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    Thanks Wasp! Still a long way to go with the tank but slowly does it - there've been a few more additions since that video too!

    Yes it is a H Malu - I really like it. It seems happy enough.... the first night we had it it climbed off the rock it was on and placed itself where it is now - hasn't moved since! Wasn't quite where I wanted it but at least it isn't wandering around causing trouble. I was a bit concerned when the clown found it as it's only small at the moment but it seems ok.

  23. funni clowns??

    in Saltwater

    Posted

    as some of us have found, clowns aren't normally picky about what the host, but once they decide to host it, they aren't keen on giving it up.

    I get bitten by mine if I go near my torch coral. Any new fish that go near it soon get told that they aren't allowed to go near it again haha

    Yes - Mine goes straight for my ring every time I put my hand in the tank....

  24. funni clowns??

    in Saltwater

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    Mine now hosts a H malu, but for a while it was tossing up between a xenia and a trachyphilia - the anemone was always there it just took a while to decide to host it..... As I understand it it's not a species typically used but was purchased before I decided to get the clown.

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