My yellow striped maroon clownfish - Page 2

hottielover14 · 12-31-2004, 05:49 PM

well i sold back the maroon clown and bought a percula clownfish, a blue tang, a manderin, and a flame angelfish. I also have a flame scallop and a Hawaiian featherduster. there all doing fine. the flame angel and blue tang love my algae in my tank. I also supplement them weekly with seaweed.

fletch · 12-31-2004, 06:17 PM

hottielover14 I just want to mention to you that Flame scallops are kind of hard to keep it requires floating micro-plankton to be kept alive.
Here is a link that may be of some help

http://centralpets.com/pages/critter.../SWI1825.shtml

Birdlady · 12-31-2004, 07:28 PM

Good Luck HL. That is a lot of fish to add at one time.

hottielover14 · 12-31-2004, 11:28 PM

i added them over a week and i also added some of that bacteria culture in it to help the ammonia spike that might follow.

Birdlady · 01-01-2005, 05:21 AM

Still, too much too fast.

fletch · 01-01-2005, 06:32 AM

Hottielover14 I agree with Birdlady that is an offal lot of critters to add over a weeks time. I do have another Question did you quarantine the fish before adding them to your display tank? As your blue tang is very prone to ick and by adding all those critters over a weeks time you have created quite a stressful environment for them. Keep a close eye on your ammonia levels and a close eye out for ick. Also I do believe that you have doomed your flame scallop as they can not tolerate ammonia or nitrates.
Good luck ............................... John

Craig Manoukian · 01-01-2005, 07:54 AM

[quote author=birdlady link=board=Fish;num=1103584184;start=0#14 date=01/01/05 at 07:21:27]Still, too much too fast.

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Ditto! *

One fish every 3 to 4 weeks is necessary for your tank to properly balance. *Rememvber the mantra here at 3reef, "Go slow and let it grow!", and that includes the denitrifying bacteria. *Your Blue tang will need a minimum of a 75 gallon tank eventually. *

allaboutfish37 · 01-01-2005, 10:06 AM

maybe you should get another tank or a really big one like i did I have 3 salt water tanks and one fw tank.that way you can have all those fish and maybe a little more and take your time. in my 300gl I only have a pair on moroon clowns no more and three anemones "bubble tip"..and about 10 tangs and a few small wrasse

Craig Manoukian · 01-01-2005, 01:08 PM

[quote author=allaboutfish37 link=board=Fish;num=1103584184;start=15#17 date=01/01/05 at 12:06:42]about 10 tangs [/quote]

In your three tanks or your 300 gallon tank?

hottielover14 · 01-03-2005, 04:08 PM

i just bought a elegent coral yesterday. i tested my ammonia and nitrate and it is 0. How long can flame scallops go without feeding. I just ordered some but it wont be here until Thrus. I whiped the algae off the front wall to help him get some phytoplankton. Will that work temporarily. How far does an elegent corals sweeper tenticles stick out. Do clownfish love to live in the elegant coral like a anemone. It looks like one, kind of.