DSA 105g Livestock Stocking

APLATN13 · Oct 13, 2015

What do you guys recommend or concerns? This is my first big tank.

Current Stock:
2 ORA Black Ice Clown
1 Bluespotted Jawfish
1 Red Hermit Crab
1 Blue Hermit Crab
2 Turban Snail
1 Nassarius Snail

Planning Stock:
1 Black Tang or (Purple & Chevron Tang)
2 Blotched Anthias
1 Black Davinci Extreme Clown
1 Davinci Extreme Clown
1 Frostbite Clown

Thanks
Anthony

Virtualbasil · Oct 13, 2015

that's alot of diffrent species of clowns ...

Martyd · Oct 13, 2015

I have the same tank. Here's my current livestock:

Small clean up crew (5 turbos, 2 sifting stars, 3 nassarius snails, 1 tuxedo urchin, 1 tiger cucumber and a few hermits)
3 Picasso clowns
3 Pajama cardinals
1 Banggai cardinal
1 Yellow clown goby
1 Firefish
1 Sunburst anthias
1 Coral beauty
1 Kole tang
1 Six line wrasse

eatbreakfast · Oct 14, 2015

APLATN13 said:
What do you guys recommend or concerns? This is my first big tank.

Current Stock:
2 ORA Black Ice Clown
1 Red Hermit Crab
1 Blue Hermit Crab
2 Turban Snail
1 Nassarius Snail

Planning Stock:
2 Bluespotted Jawfish
1 Black Tang
1 Black Davinci Extreme Clown
1 Davinci Extreme Clown
1 Frostbite Clown
2 Blotched Anthias

Thanks
Anthony

Depending on the maturity of the clowns there may or may not be issues. If they are juveniles than in many cases they can be kept together, but an established pair will likely not tolerate another female being added.

Eienna · Oct 14, 2015

It would have been better if all the clowns had been added at once as juvies...but you should be able to get away with some young males anyway.

You're most definitely going to need a bigger cleanup crew.

Martyd · Oct 14, 2015

I had a pair of clowns. One jumped (says a lot for the relationship). I added another clown, but the original clown wanted nothing to do new one (now we know who the problem was). I added a third, who sort of hooked up with the second (I think they casually date and sleep together at night). The bottom line is that all three now peacefully coexist, so you can add clowns, albeit carefully [emoji3]

lestat45559 · Oct 14, 2015

the two blue spots most likely will fight, on a 6 ft tank you might get away with it.

APLATN13 · Oct 14, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Depending on the maturity of the clowns there may or may not be issues. If they are juveniles than in many cases they can be kept together, but an established pair will likely not tolerate another female being added.

The 3 new clown I plan on adding is juveniles to the existing Mated pair.