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This is another attempt to join this forum and start a salt water aquarium. I have an empty twenty high and I was wondering if clownfish can live happily in a 20 high or is it too small for saltwater fish?
 

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This is another attempt to join this forum and start a salt water aquarium. I have an empty twenty high and I was wondering if clownfish can live happily in a 20 high or is it too small for saltwater fish?
I think it would be ok for clownfish but it depends on your capabilities of your system amd how fast the nitrogen cycle can work. It should keep up with the clowns easily. But watch for spikes if you add a lot of fish at one time which is something i wouldnt reccomend. This is why everyone i think would agree to add slowly. But since yours isnt set up i would let it run a fishless cycle first, make sure u get an ammonia spike and watch it to turn to nirtrites and so forth. You might have to ghost feed or do what i did was add pure ammonia till it hits 3 ppm let it drop to zero, then add more to 3 ppm, let it drop, add to 2 ppm and then let it settle out. Once your bacteria in your system can handle all of the ammonia and nitrite in your aquarium in a day or lesals you should be safe to go sir.
 

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You could definitely keep a pair of small clowns like clarkii or percula (gotten at the same time) and a nice bubble tip anemone in a 20. Definitely do a lot of reading before you get rolling. Small tanks are a lot harder to maintain than larger ones; bad thing happen faster in a small tank. But, people keep clown pairs in even 10-15g nanos.
 

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As mentioned above you should be fine on that.
Make sure you run through the whole cycle before adding any livestock.
Keep your mind set on only a pair of clowns as you will be successful with them.
 

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You could definitely keep a pair of small clowns like clarkii or percula (gotten at the same time) and a nice bubble tip anemone in a 20. Definitely do a lot of reading before you get rolling. Small tanks are a lot harder to maintain than larger ones; bad thing happen faster in a small tank. But, people keep clown pairs in even 10-15g nanos.
Clarkii clowns get big and mean. Did you mean ocellaris or percula?
 

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Ditto. Good luck with your new adventure!! Read, Inquire and Implement, SLOWLY!
 

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