Planning My New Tank

[fatfishman]

okay what is SG?

my Salinty is 1.020 if thats what u mean

SG is Specific Gravity, 1.020 is specific gravity reading rather than salinity

 

[australia]

here are some pics of my new marine tank (Cycling atm)

and here is a pic of my liverock:

 

[svirid]

When I was curring my rocks, I got them out of the tank after a week and rinse them under the tap water,
the ammonia, droped right after that and never came up again.
They were pretty dirty and I was unable to clean them properly while they were dry. This is not an advice - just
something I did and rocks look better them ever now

Add some clean up crew before u add any fish. I have 28gal, 4 turbo snails, 4 hermits, 10 nasarius and one fire shrimp really do the
job. U dont have lots of rock so u might not need lots of them add just a couple for now.

 

[Musho3210]

yeah that rock looks pretty alive, dont worry about it.

 

[australia]

okay great

when i loose water from evaporation, do i loose any salt? do i just use water without salt to fill the tank back up?

 

[SkiFletch]

Correct, salt cannot evaporate . Thus evaporated water must be replaced with freshwater

 

[australia]

okay cheers



as i am getting a pair of clown fish to breed in my tank, is it still possible to have a clean up crew? or will they eat the eggs/fry?

 

[SkiFletch]

Well, you can't raise fry in a display tank. Filters will kill fry, forget about cleanup crew . Fry need to be raised in a seperate tank, but that's a whole ways down the road. First you have to get an older mature pair of clownfish. Remember, these things live for decades and don't start breeding like bunnies right away.

 

[australia]

Well, you can't raise fry in a display tank. Filters will kill fry, forget about cleanup crew . Fry need to be raised in a seperate tank, but that's a whole ways down the road. First you have to get an older mature pair of clownfish. Remember, these things live for decades and don't start breeding like bunnies right away.

yeah i know i have to raise the fry in a seperate tank, My friend has a pair i can get of him if i need too

how long do clown fish live for? and how do you get a pair to start to breed?

 

[chrissaysyes]

You will have to remove the eggs to a seperate tank anyways, but hermits are still not recommended unless you find the eggs before they do.


Oops, I was way behind on my post

 

[SkiFletch]

I'm not sure how long they can live maximally but the owner of my LFS has a 15 year old pair... He said they started to breed after they were about 6 or 7. If you're serious about breeding clownfish, try a book, "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It's pretty much the bible on the subject.

 

[australia]

I'm not sure how long they can live maximally but the owner of my LFS has a 15 year old pair... He said they started to breed after they were about 6 or 7. If you're serious about breeding clownfish, try a book, "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It's pretty much the bible on the subject.

okay thanks alot i will have to get that book

is there anyone here breeding clownfish?

id like to know exacly when they start to breed? &

do the parents look after the fry?

 

[SkiFletch]

The parents do not look after fry, this much I know. Another reason they need to be moved from the display tank

 

[shibby]

The parents do not look after fry, this much I know. Another reason they need to be moved from the display tank

so clown fish dont try and rescue there kids from sydney, australia then disney lying to us again!

 

[australia]

The parents do not look after fry, this much I know. Another reason they need to be moved from the display tank

ok thanks again!