make your salt tank a finding nemo theme

[andrew]

cycled a tank for 9 months and want a finding nemo theme for my kids.....could everyone discuss and tell me what types of fish they are?? thanks

 

[Mr Miagi]

Heres a useful link for those wanting to start a 'nemo' tank one of our mod pinned up! Hope u enjoy. Someone will answer anymore questions u have. Im just giving u the link.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=31715

 

[chkltcow]

Okay, here we go....

Nemo & Marlin.... Ocellaris or Percula clowns... 10g minimum
Dory.... Blue tang aka Regal Tang aka Hippo Tang... 125+g minimum
Gil.... Moorish Idol.... don't even THINK about it, even professional aquariums won't keep these fish
Bubbles... Yellow tang... 75-90g minimum
Deb.... 3 Stripe damsel (maybe 4 stripe, can't remember).... 10g minimum.... evil devil fish from hell, TONS of aggression in a small package.... consider yourself warned
Gurgle.... Royal Gramma... 20g minimum
Jacques.... scarlet cleaner shrimp.... 10g minimum
Peach... unknown starfish... 20g minimum

And I can't remember the puffer's name, but there's no way you should ever house a puffer with any of these other fish.

 

[Opcn]

You could keep bloat the porcupine pufer sucessfully, its just that the other fish would be food . Theres also the long nosed yellow butterfly that they meey on the reef, not many of the other fish are suitable though.

 

[sammydee]

Cycled for nine months? That seems an awfully long time...

 

[Sean_Buckley]

What size of tank is it?
Sean

 

[Opcn]

Moorish Idols are Very Very difficult to keep.

The Heniochus Black & White Butterflyfish on the other hand looks very similar and is much easier to keep, If not for the yellow Tail most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference, infact as it is I'll bet most won't be able to tell. Also, just so that you know all of the plants within the dentists fish tank were freshwater, so if you wan't to recreat it you will need to go silk or plastic.

HTH

 

[andrew]

cycled for 9 months to breed mollies but just added live rock 2 months ago...jut wanted to be safe when i added fish

 

[andrew]

tank is a 45 gallon

 

[chkltcow]

tank is a 45 gallon

Pair of clowns, Three stripe or Four Stripe Damsel, a Royal Gramma, and a starfish... that's all you can get from Nemo.

 

[blout]

And I can't remember the puffer's name, but there's no way you should ever house a puffer with any of these other fish.

thats my name M8, BLOUT

 

[jflowers]

And I can't remember the puffer's name, but there's no way you should ever house a puffer with any of these other fish.

thats my name M8, BLOUT

Nearly, it was Bloat

Jon

 

[parker313]

tank is a 45 gallon

Pair of clowns, Three stripe or Four Stripe Damsel, a Royal Gramma, and a starfish... that's all you can get from Nemo.

That would still make a cool tank

I think a Nemo theme would be fun and it would be a GREAT excuse to get a big ol' giant tank

 

[chkltcow]

tank is a 45 gallon

Pair of clowns, Three stripe or Four Stripe Damsel, a Royal Gramma, and a starfish... that's all you can get from Nemo.

That would still make a cool tank

I think a Nemo theme would be fun and it would be a GREAT excuse to get a big ol' giant tank

Parker, my 55g has a pair of clowns.... a royal gramma.... and a starfish (oh, and the gobies and shrimp) I did have a 3 stripe damsel, but it has gone missing, and I fear the hermits had a feast on it overnight one night Still.... I never said that wouldn't be a cool tank, now did I?