djsurfs Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Ho-hum... what to do?......... :tears: it has been quite depressing since the day my last seahorse (Lele) died. I have never had any other fish. I am embarassed to say I've been neglecting the tank.... It was in perfect balance (what is the word? biotope?) with the amount of food & waste from the seahorse feeding the non-photosynthetic corals (or perhaps being filter feeders,were they also getting nutrient from frequent waterchanges?) My suncoral grew from a mere 3polyps to a beautiful mass of them, but has been dying off and now shrunk back to a mere dozen or so polyps; the candycane also multiplied from 1 to 8 beautiful torches, but is looking very hungry now... So, either I flick these off for someone else to nurture back to their former beauty, or I try adding a fish or 2 to get things back in balance. I'm not sure what to try though... a clown? would a suncoral keep it happy as I don't have an anemone? (and don't have any special lighting or $ for more reefy stuff- or many fish for that matter!) Or a chromis? or 2? a cleaner shrimp? It is just a small 70 litre tank, but well established as it ran for years with the coral, liverock , shrimp, snails & seahorse. I just don't know... any suggestions appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 a big anemone and pair of clowns with some shrimp. will look cool as and be realitively easy to maintain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 you dont actually need an anenome to keep clowns , you could try a few bangaii cardinals , if you are lucky enough to get a pair they can be quite easy to breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 you dont actually need an anenome to keep clowns I have no personal experience but a friend of mine has had her clown in a 20l tank without an anenome for months now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 you dont actually need an anenome to keep clowns , you could try a few bangaii cardinals , if you are lucky enough to get a pair they can be quite easy to breed Wouldn't they just have a heart attack in a small tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurfs Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 hey thanks, I got a perky that needed re-homing and ya after some more reading, they can adapt to other "things" as their hos, chose a differnent ty[e of coral, or be happy enough without one...... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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