clownfish

  1. C

    Beginner 75 gallon tank... 3 weeks in and need advice!

    I recently started my first reef tank. We went with a 75 gallon tank and went with the Fluval Fx6 canister filter. We currently have 7 clownfish and about 30 pounds of live rock, as well as 70 pounds of sand. I am completely new to the reef world and am starting from the advice of my local fish...
  2. D

    Rehoming Pair of longfin clowns, red christmas wrasse, midas blenny

    Hello everyone, currently in the process of breaking down a 60g tank with the following livestock. For more details and pictures message me and ill provide them. Pair for $200- Longfin Phantom clown (bigger clown) Longfin Black Ice clown Golden Midas Blenny $40 Red Christmas Wrasse $45 Only...
  3. jbonez_

    New protein skimmer micro bubbles

    I recently bought a protein skimmer and turned it on, Ive read that it can take a few days for it to break in and during that time can cause micro bubbles, which is happening. Video of the micro bubbles As soon as the bubbles started one of my clowns went crazy and swam to the corner and now...
  4. Z

    Clownfish having trouble opening mouth to eat, heavy breathing

    My female clownfish is slowly starving, and I don't know what to do. She has always had a wonky looking mouth and jaw, that has never opened and closed like our male clownfish, who has a normal looking mouth. She never used to have issues with eating, however I have noticed recently that her...
  5. D

    Help with New Tank & Corals!

    Hey guys, new reefer here. I’m worried about 2 of my corals so I thought I’d see what you guys think. 4 days ago, we received 3 frags from corals anonymous. Our Duncan coral is doing great, but both the candy cane and GSPs have looked bad since they got here. The GSP was flaking and had some...
  6. B

    Injured clown advice

    Hello. So I have a regular ocellaris clown and a mocha storm clown. The plain OC is larger than the storm. I had them both in my 6 gallon nano reef tank, and long story short I learned the hard way and didn’t quarantine and OC started acting weird for a few days but went back to normal after...
  7. K

    Stocking My 50 Gallon Aquarium, I would like a tang, an angel and a butterfly if possible.

    Hey everyone, I hope all you are doing well. As I said in the title I would love to keep an angelfish, a butterfly and a tang if possible. And I am not planning on getting a bigger tank. My tank is 80W x 42D x 65 cm. Here is the list of the fish that I am interested in getting. Pls note that i...
  8. P

    Male clown refuses to leave corner of tank

    So I guess this is a little update on a thread I made a few days ago. I had this issue with my overly aggressive female clown towards my new juvenile male clown. I bought a breeder box and put the female in there and it’s been about 3 days since and the male has yet to even attempt to explore...
  9. Nutramar Foods

    QM Aquacultured Wide-band Clownfish

    In the wild, Wide-band Clownfish are found in rocky and coral reef habitats, at depths of 10-45 meters, in Eastern Australia, Lord Howe, and New Caledonia. Like most clownfish, the Wide-band Clownfish is known to create a symbiotic relationship with anemones, which they use as a source of...
  10. C

    Anemone + Darwin/black ocellaris clownfish pair

    5 year old Darwin clownfish pair. Pick up only, no shipping. Located in MD near DC.
  11. B

    Bubble Tip Anenome help

    Hi, so I just started my 15g AIO cube with a friends 8 year old sump live rock that’s got tons of bacteria on it and copapods. I was given as a gift 2 clowns and a green bubble top nem. Tank is only a week old with the 8 year old rock, bacteria filled sea water filled, and dr Tim’s was used as...
  12. P

    Female clown won’t pair with male

    I have a female black storm clownfish and recently I bought a black snowflake clownfish in hopes of a pair. The male I bought is a juvenile so he is much smaller than the female. I know when it comes to clowns pairing nothing is guaranteed but the female is being very aggressive with him and the...
  13. nanobambam

    Fresh water dip ?

    Hi all, i’ve got two clown fish in my dt just live rock and live sand put in the clowns after cycling nother further so no clean up crew yet. One of the clowns started to show sign of a disease yesterday its brooklynella according to vetteguy53081 (thanks for helping!) Link to the clownfish’...
  14. Narideth

    The Bare Bottom Column - 15g mixed reef

    I've posted in a few places about my otherwise undocumented 15 gallon cube, which was the first marine aquarium I ever set up. It passed 2 years old in November and I've learned a lot about what to do and not do on that tank. It's been rescaped once and treated with different things. Generally...
  15. jbonez_

    Clownfish spazzing

    I've had my clowns for about three weeks now, my bigger clown (the spaz one) has been swimming like this quite often, especially when the blues come on. She likes to glass surf a lot during the day and swim into the power head, she mainly only doesn't spaz out during feeding, she will start...
  16. jbonez_

    Too much flow?

    I would like some opinions on the flow of my tank, I have a Sicce 357gph pump on max for my 20g IM. My Clowns tend to stay at the top left of my tank and my other one likes to stay at the back right near the return, they do come out and explore, the smaller one more than the big one but I'm...
  17. jbonez_

    Clownfish behavior

    This is my first saltwater tank so I'm still learning clownfish behavior, I have two perc clowns (about 1.25 -1.5in) LaFawnda (bigger one) and Kip (smaller) LaFawnda likes to hangout at the front left top of my tank for 80-90% and the other 10% she rides the current from the wave maker or will...
  18. J

    Fluval 13.5 Stocking

    What is the maximum stocking for a fluval 13.5? Thinking about putting an ocellaris pair in there and keeping it as their tank.
  19. jbonez_

    Light red spot on Clownfish

    Hi all, This morning before I went to work I decided to look at my clowns and I noticed this redness on them, I just have a video of the one but it looks like the other clown also has the same thing in the same spot, I never noticed it before, is this something to be concerned about?
  20. E

    HELP URGENT

    I have a poorly clown fish and poorly mandarin. We are suspecting fin rot, can anyone confirm? Both are very lathergic, Clown is still eating, mandarin not really moving. Both seem to be struggling to breathe, laying on the bottom on the tank appearing lifeless :( Not managed to get a good photo...
  21. D

    Clownfish heavy breathing, open mouth, and not eating. Please help!

    Hi, I have a pair of clownfish in a 105l tank. The tank is just over a year old now. Water parameters are as follows Salinity - 1.0275 [Red Sea Coral Pro Salt salt + RODI water]. My ATO malfunctioned, and I am slowly bringing this down. pH - 7.75 Ammonia - 0ppm (Salifert test kit) +...
  22. wdotero

    Stocking Biocube 32 question

    Hi All I have a question about my stocking plans for a four month old BioCube 32g. Current livestock: Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Diamond Goby (1) Peppermint shrimp (3) Scarlet hermit crabs (3), dwarf hermit crabs (3), Pithos crabs (3) Cerith, nassarius, trochus snails, limpets...
  23. djm

    Clownfish Eggs?

    Hi Guys I was just about to do my weekly water change and noticed what looks like eggs attached to my rock next to where my clownfish are hosting a BTA. Are these eggs? They have never laid eggs before. If they are eggs what should I do with them?
  24. MacieKnis

    Clownfish with Swim Bladder Disease

    Hi group, After much research and reading I’m 99% convinced my Picasso Clown has Swim Bladder Disease. He was in a tank with parameters of no3 10 po4 0.07 Salinity 1.024 Temp 76.0 F With another Picasso, 6th line Wrasse, YWG, and a CB Shrimp. All others are doing well. however, my clown...
  25. S

    EMERGENCY Clownfish tail ripped up and has whitish on side fins anyone know what it is or what I should do thanks

    Clownfish tail ripped up and has whitish on side fins anyone know what it is or what I should do thanks
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