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08-28-2007, 03:32 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
Posts: 1,165
|  coral beauty in 55 reef
i may put a coral beauty in my 55 gallon reef tank.my main concerns are my brains,one red lobo and one neon open,and my 2 echinos one blue and one watermelon.also i want my marroon clown safe as well.here's a photo of the tank.i don't want the cb if i may have to take it back.my corals and marroon clown are my 1st priority. 
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | 
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08-28-2007, 04:11 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
Posts: 4,287
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Whats you main concern ? I see no issues with a C/Beauty pygmy angel _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | 
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08-28-2007, 04:44 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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i have had not issues with my cb in my tank _________  and yes those are my zoa's in that pic.
60gal salt water tank. live rock yea i got that.(not sure how much) live sand im guessing about 70lbs natulas proteenskimer uv filter sumptank w/ bio bio balls eheim canster filter 2 heaters 1/10 chiller firefish 2 scissortail dartfish a yellow and a blue tang watchtower goby coral beuty red wrasse tomato clown bicolor blenny and some coral | |
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08-28-2007, 07:28 PM
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#4 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
Posts: 1,165
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thanks guys.i'm just afraid of it hurting my clown and nipping the brains and such.thought i'd ask before buying one and having to take it back or loosing coral.idk much about them. | |
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08-28-2007, 08:59 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,173
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I am keeping a clown and a coral beauty, actually a common combination, along with a sebae anemone and have had no problems. Actually the clown and the coral beauty hang out together most of the time. _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
"The more you learn, the more acutely aware you become of your ignorance" | |
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08-28-2007, 09:46 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 216
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I agree with the house i see no issues with a CB | |
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08-29-2007, 02:06 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
Posts: 3,952
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Your Clown can hold its own and as for your brains, the Coral Beauty would be more of a concern with small polyp stonies and Octocorals(soft corals) especially Xenia, and zoos!
It may reduce your population of polychaete worms and filter feeders though, but not as much of a concern IMO...just feed the Coral Beauty periodically through out the day to curb its hungry feeding habits! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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08-29-2007, 05:09 AM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
Posts: 1,165
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if it ate my sps i think i'd bite its tail off lol.i may take the chance unless theres a better choice out there.i really would like to have more than just the chromi and the marroon clown.i'd be willing to get rid of the chromi if necessary.thanks for all the input so far.i really don't know much about fish as compared to coral. | |
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08-29-2007, 08:13 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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re: Coral Beauty
A colorful, active and good natured fish.
Don't have any SPS, so don't know about them and a CB, never have seen it go near a coral or invert.
Mine spends majority of time scooting around and licking algae off glass. (oh, and playing "chase" the damsels)
Very good fish for a 55 or larger tank.
Get one. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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09-01-2007, 03:55 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
Posts: 1,165
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thanks for all your advice.my lfs had a cb kill a green brain and also just kill green corals in general so i bought a pygmy angel.in his opinion it will be quite safe.i trust his opinion,especially since he could of sold me a cb and let it kill my green corals.thanks again for all your input.it helped me to ask the right questions when buying. | |
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