can i get 2 more clowns?

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I'm out.

 

[littlefoxx]

@seawee , so let's back up here. Based on your post below, you're only 13 years old and got your tank 4 months ago.

You are setting yourself up for failure. If your post is to be believed, you are mixing saltwater and freshwater fish in the same 25 gallon tank* and currently have 13 fish - this is overcrowded by any definition and you need to seriously consider re-homing most of them.

*I'm still not convinced you're not a troll, but if you're being genuine, please follow the advice you've received on this thread and on all your other threads...

You can be successful in this hobby but you need to slow down...

you say he is 13 (not sure if I missed that post) but op says he has 12 years fish keeping experience? How do you keep a fish tank at 1 years old?

Also dudes mixing fresh and saltwater… what the?

 

[seawee]

You said those were all of your fish in another post. Then reading your responses in this thread...well...I wouldn't have been too surprised if you tried it.

no i wouldn't i am not the devil

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Troll, you say he is 13 (not sure if I missed that post) but op says he has 12 years fish keeping experience? How do you keep a fish tank at 1 years old? Troll 100%.

Also dudes mixing fresh and saltwater… what the?

I "quoted" the post where he says he started at 1 year old

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

From another of his threads...

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

@seawee, we have all given you answers and help, but you don't want to accept it. I know, it is tough, but you have to return some of the fish in your 24g. You cannot buy a juvenile blue tang and say oh, well when I CAN get a new tank, I will move it. This could take years.... tanks are expensive, and if you truly are only 13, you won't make enough money to buy one for awhile, unless if you start working at 14, which even then most likely wouldn't be enough. Buying your tank, getting it shipped, setting it up, then cycling it would take way to long before that tang is too big. Tangs need space to swim, because they swim alot. The tang is going to start getting extremely stressed, and it will soon die all before you are able to get the tank. So, your only options are return the fish, or watch it die of stress.

 

[OrionN]

i have 2 clowns and some other fish in a 93L tank and they have been in for 3 months now and a couple weeks ago i got a blue tang for the tank and they where fine and i have been thinking of getting 2 more clowns and i am not sure if they will be fine with it or not they will get enough food and such so will they be fine with it since they have been happy with the other fish and do not mind them even though they where the first in the tank so will they be fine with 2 more?

About 2000+ Ocellaris clowns can fit into a 93 l tank. Maybe more if you use a glass top and squished them down a little. They get deformed a bit but will fit. Most efficient way to fit the clowns, if you don’t mind the deformity, in the tank is to squash them into cubes the stack them. Length with and height of the cube depends on the actually (inner dimensions) size of aquarium. Select the size of the cube so you end up with whole numbers of the fish. That way there is no gaps. Either that or just jammed in the last few. They get a little flattened, but will all fit.
Get a few extra and just return them, or just dump them back to the ocean if you live near shore.
Good luck. Let us know how many. Of course, if the number is what you want then gets them young. If you want larger breeding size, then you won’t be able to keep as many.

 

[Cell]

"Maybe more if you used a glass top and squished them down a little"

I'M DEAD

 

[seawee]

for the past couple of weeks i have been looking for a big enough tank and i have found one good enough it is 220L it is still a little bit too small but i can take it to a glass cutter to get more room

 

[littlefoxx]

for the past couple of weeks i have been looking for a big enough tank and i have found one good enough it is 220L it is still a little bit too small but i can take it to a glass cutter to get more room

Still too small. I posted a thread asking about two pairs of clowns in an 8 foot 300 gallon Im upgrading to and most people said it was a bad idea. Im listening to them on that front, so if experienced reefers were telling me no in that tank then I really wouldnt in your case.

 

[littlefoxx]

So I did it…

I finally pulled the trigger on a bigger set up. 300 gallons! Plan is to combine my 70 and 125 together and get rid of them. My only issue is I have two clown pairs in both of these tanks. My maroon pair, and adult pair, darwin and black ice. Big question is this being a 8 foot 300 gallon tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[littlefoxx]

My thread to show you their responses.

 

[seawee]

@seawee, we have all given you answers and help, but you don't want to accept it. I know, it is tough, but you have to return some of the fish in your 24g. You cannot buy a juvenile blue tang and say oh, well when I CAN get a new tank, I will move it. This could take years.... tanks are expensive, and if you truly are only 13, you won't make enough money to buy one for awhile, unless if you start working at 14, which even then most likely wouldn't be enough. Buying your tank, getting it shipped, setting it up, then cycling it would take way to long before that tang is too big. Tangs need space to swim, because they swim alot. The tang is going to start getting extremely stressed, and it will soon die all before you are able to get the tank. So, your only options are return the fish, or watch it die of stress.

i have been watching it for a while and it has not been showing any signs of stress yet it is still a little bit shy of me still but it seems currently alright with it i am still going to get a bigger tank for it but it should be fine and it is surprising since i got it from a shop that took the stock from a different fish shop and the shop that shut down did not know how to take care of the fish and the blue tang was first from there but it has been much happier than it was in the tank it was first in also i know it is still too small but i can get it longer by taking it to a glass cutter to put more glass to extend it

 

[littlefoxx]

i have been watching it for a while and it has not been showing any signs of stress yet it is still a little bit shy of me still but it seems currently alright with it i am still going to get a bigger tank for it but it should be fine and it is surprising since i got it from a shop that took the stock from a different fish shop and the shop that shut down did not know how to take care of the fish and the blue tang was first from there but it has been much happier than it was in the tank it was first in also i know it is still too small but i can get it longer by taking it to a glass cutter to put more glass to extend it

What? You also have a blue tang? Even this new tank is way too small for that fish.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

i have been watching it for a while and it has not been showing any signs of stress yet it is still a little bit shy of me still but it seems currently alright with it i am still going to get a bigger tank for it but it should be fine and it is surprising since i got it from a shop that took the stock from a different fish shop and the shop that shut down did not know how to take care of the fish and the blue tang was first from there but it has been much happier than it was in the tank it was first in also i know it is still too small but i can get it longer by taking it to a glass cutter to put more glass to extend it

It's definitely not happy at all. You can't keep it. Your 220l will be far to small.

 

[seawee]

It's definitely not happy at all. You can't keep it. Your 220l will be far to small.

again i have now said it about 3 times i am going to try to get it then take it to a glass cutter to extend the length so it can be big enough for it ok have you heard of adding extra glass on a tank?

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

again i have now said it about 3 times i am going to try to get it then take it to a glass cutter to extend the length so it can be big enough for it ok have you heard of adding extra glass on a tank?

Don't worry, I can read. So your tank is going to be 6 feet plus? I don't think so.

 

[Reefering1]

again i have now said it about 3 times i am going to try to get it then take it to a glass cutter to extend the length so it can be big enough for it ok have you heard of adding extra glass on a tank?

Never heard of anyone extending their tank. At that point you just get a bigger tank. There is a couple, very patient, people offering good advice. I recommend you take it and save the animals the suffering.

 

[littlefoxx]

again i have now said it about 3 times i am going to try to get it then take it to a glass cutter to extend the length so it can be big enough for it ok have you heard of adding extra glass on a tank?

Did you not read anything the reefers in my thread advised me about more than one clown pair in an 8 foot 300 gallon?

Never heard of anyone extending their tank. At that point you just get a bigger tank. There is a couple, very patient, people offering good advice. I recommend you take it and save the animals the suffering.

Agree.

Don't worry, I can read. So your tank is going to be 6 feet plus? I don't think so.

And @seawee everyone here is trying to help you succeed and trying to offer advise. Getting angry at people isnt going to get you anywhere, we all can read. Youre just not saying things that make sense and want this so bad youre willing to put live animals though unnecessary stress just to get what you want. I know you are young, so Im trying to be gentle but you continuing to argue and try to do something that A) isnt going to work and B) doesnt make sense is just going to set you up for failure. Everyone here is trying to help you be successful in the hobby. Just listen to those giving advice otherwise theres no sense in coming back to ask questions.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Also, OP, look at what I have told you before... On the same. Exact. Thread.

A hippo tang needs ATLEAST a 6 foot tank, but even then that's to small.

If you don't want to listen to us, then don't. Theoredically you could put any fish in your small 25g tank. You can. But, it's not right. You are abusing animals. We have given you answers, but you are still refusing to accept them. If you dont want too, then okay. You don't have too. Either way the fish are being abused. Even if you get a larger tank. Like I have said multiple times a tang needs at least a 6 tank. AT LEAST. Taking what, a 3 foot tank and adding maybe a few extra inches is still, not good enough. Please, at least, return the tang. It may seem happy, but how would you know? You are not the fish. You can not speak for ones emotions besides yourself. You never truly know, unless it's yourself. The tang is clearly not happy, even if it is swimming around and eating. It will become very stressed, very, very soon. Like I and many others have said multiple times already, unless you can get a much larger tank right now, then you need to return it. None of us can force you to do it, it is your choice. You need to make the right choice. I know it can be tough, but it will also be tough watching your fish die because it was way too stressed. Give it a better home, please.