I am thinking about setting up my next tank, and I am thinking about anemone/ clown tank. Straight off the top, a couple of things.
I will be adding a clown pair. I totally get the challenges of adding more clowns than that and don't really have any allusions to doing a harem (even though it would be cool).
I have also never kept an anemone of any kind. Just throwing that out there.
I have kept reef tanks of various ilk since 2004. I throw that out there not b/c I think I know everything, honestly most days I feel like I know nothing. But my tanks have been SPS dominant from about 2007 or 2008 on, so I do have some idea of what I am doing in general.
I am in the process of breaking down my current tank. 6ftx2ft 155g SPS reef. We have a new house being built, and I am not moving my tank. There isn't a great spot for a 6ft tank with the layout of the new house, and if I am being honest with myself, with 2 young kids the time/ effort of my tank is a bit of a drag. My goal is to setup something a little smaller, and a little lighter on the maintenance effort.
(As an aside, anyone else buying or building a house...godspeed. Prices are stupid high on...well, everything. Supply chain and labor issue mean build time is long AF, and interest rates just keep going up.)
Based on the space I am looking at either a 24" cube of some sort, or possibly an IM 50g AIO.
I will be adding a clown pair. I totally get the challenges of adding more clowns than that and don't really have any allusions to doing a harem (even though it would be cool).
I have also never kept an anemone of any kind. Just throwing that out there.
I have kept reef tanks of various ilk since 2004. I throw that out there not b/c I think I know everything, honestly most days I feel like I know nothing. But my tanks have been SPS dominant from about 2007 or 2008 on, so I do have some idea of what I am doing in general.
I am in the process of breaking down my current tank. 6ftx2ft 155g SPS reef. We have a new house being built, and I am not moving my tank. There isn't a great spot for a 6ft tank with the layout of the new house, and if I am being honest with myself, with 2 young kids the time/ effort of my tank is a bit of a drag. My goal is to setup something a little smaller, and a little lighter on the maintenance effort.
(As an aside, anyone else buying or building a house...godspeed. Prices are stupid high on...well, everything. Supply chain and labor issue mean build time is long AF, and interest rates just keep going up.)
Based on the space I am looking at either a 24" cube of some sort, or possibly an IM 50g AIO.
- I know (or at least I think I can) do BTAs. How about a H. magnifica? I am perfectly okay with this becoming nothing but anemone and clown pair with some additional fish. I am specifically think about tank size when asking if I can keep those. I know magnifica are considered more difficult to keep, but there was a tank that feature a huge one and I've always wanted to keep one.
- If not, anything that would be a better fit?
- Lighting? Thinking G6 XR15 or some sort of Hydra 32, but not married to them. Probably am married to LEDs, have an ATI T5 setup and while it's been great, the T5 tube replacement is a bit of a drag.
- Flow? I'd love to save a buck or two and go with a couple of Nero 5s if that's an option. Otherwise probably go with 1 or 2 MP10s.
- Am I setting myself up for more maintenance?
- My game plan was refuge and some ceramic media. That make sense or is a skimmer a must have? I am not opposed to a skimmer at all, just like I said, trying to reduce maintenance burden, and a skimmer is just one more thing to empty/ pull out and clean/ one more pump to clean.