I have been breeding maroon clownfish the last couple of months. I've been having a hard time with aggression. Examples include 2 in a 5 gallon tank tearing each others fins to 54 in a 10 gallon tank with just a couple of gallons of water, which initially were doing great but went on a crazy purge over a day and most of them killed each other off. I just picked up four 2 gallon tanks so I decided to try this with the survivors. There are 8 maroons in this 8x8x8 cube along with 2 RBTA's. There is a small utility pump at the bottom and a tiny heater. I have this on my table which I culture phytoplankton and have a random 10 gallon tank behind them. Since this is just 2 gallons this tank took all of 2 minutes to setup. One piece of live rock with the 2 anemones.
Since I have 4 of these tanks I plan on drilling them and connecting them eventually, but for the time being I figured why not try one out like this. I am picking up a 50 gallon tank tomorrow to use for grow out in addition to 10 and 5 gallon tanks I have for fry.
Unfortunately none of the clowns were in the anemones when I took these pictures, but they have used them. I just set this up late night and no one got sucked into the pump (which is turned down really low) or beaten to death. When I actually get these tanks setup I will probably use them to house the really nice patterned ones. The ones in here now are just the tattered survivors from the crazy group.
Since I have 4 of these tanks I plan on drilling them and connecting them eventually, but for the time being I figured why not try one out like this. I am picking up a 50 gallon tank tomorrow to use for grow out in addition to 10 and 5 gallon tanks I have for fry.
Unfortunately none of the clowns were in the anemones when I took these pictures, but they have used them. I just set this up late night and no one got sucked into the pump (which is turned down really low) or beaten to death. When I actually get these tanks setup I will probably use them to house the really nice patterned ones. The ones in here now are just the tattered survivors from the crazy group.