raeh1 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I don't know why But I have had trouble with keeping my clown fish alive. I have a yellow tang, two chromis, coral beauty, manadrin fish, a royal dottyback, and now one clown after the otherone died yesterday. Only ever lose clown fish. Now I have to find another female The list 1st one jumped out. so I modified the tank to stop that occuring again. 2nd one stopped eating and starved after the first one jumped out. 3rd and 4th got from a shop with a disease (one to relace the first sick one they sold me, and that had the same sickness) 5th got a bubble eye thing, and as soon as she was getting better she just died. This is within a year so I'm not happy. As my aim to to have a happy little tank with all animals suriviving together.. I am more sad for the lost soles in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I think it may be a run of bad luck, except for the bubble eye, which is nearly always related to water quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 was the dottyback hassling them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Now I have to find another female why? buy a small male and one will turn into a female rather quickly. if you get a new female and your old fish started changing sex you may be into trouble. with all animals suriviving just surviving? or thriving? are any of the fish chase the new clowns when first put into the tank? as most of your fish are very territorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 how do u tell male from female clowns (dont be rude) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 the girl ones usually wear a dress no really...... ok heres an article from RC http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=215088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 thanks :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 how do u tell male from female clowns (dont be rude) males lift a fin when doing weeee's. no serious, buy from a tank that has lots of small clowns and get a smallish one. it will be a male as the hirachy has not been established yet. all clown fish are born as male. but if you have lots of bullies then it may not work and you new purchase may end up as dinner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites. Clownfish are hatched sexually immature or in other words sexless, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 What do you feed and how much and often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Fay: I feed them twice a day. Flake for breakfast (combination of "tetra" spirulina and "tetra marine flakes "rainbow blend) Then some nights flake, others brine shrimp (pre-frozen) or Marine mix (pre frozen seafood mix) All in really controled amounts. I have stopped using coral fluid and that has improved water quality alot. Also it does not help with that dottyback hassling the tank... and nipping at anythhing smaller (manadrin, chromis, and clowns who use the anemone as a defence against him) (but moving the tank today so I am sure I am going to catch him now) :bounce: :bounce: . :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Feeding looks ok you could try replacing the flake with granules keep up the spirulina flake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 sounds like to much food to me, hows your nitrates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 The ammonia never registers now The Nitrite never registers now The Nitrate is about 40 pp/m. I have done a 30 water change yesterday so I think it will have dropped heaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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