Stocking Orca Tl 450

[Gallagher]

well if no ones gonna help me im going back to the old forum

cya

 

[youngfisher]

Just to make the point clear I didnt say that noone will help it was just my opinion. I am properly wrong, just have a little patience.

YF

 

[bollands]

chiilllll guys

 

[karigupi]

hiya, please dont leave, there are lots of helpful people on here, Seffie & YF are two lovely peeps & their advice was meant well.

I have the 450, its a lovely little tank & a perfect starting point, how are you getting on with it? Have you had it long?

Mine is only a couple of months old, so still new & I seem to find something new every day.

There seems to be conflicting opinion on the clown pair in the 450, like you I found alot of people said yes & some said no, the more I spend time fish keeping, the more I realise its not an exact science, there is no definitive answer to alot of questions, you just have to get all the information you can & make your best choice.

In mine I have one clown & a little green clown goby, I may add one more small fish in the future, not sure, for now I love how everything works together, they seem a perfect little pair, the clown stays mostly at the top & the goby around the rocks & sand, I have a camel shrimp, 3 little blue legged hermits & 2 turbo snails & one little friendly algea eating crab.

Good luck with the Orca, i'd love to hear how you get on.

 

[OscarWilde]

Ignoring all this other chaff. This should be fine if you change the Commons to False Percula Clownfish. They look similar but are a little smaller.

I had almost exactly the same setup running for over a year before I upgraded and the previous owner had them in the 450 for 3 years before that.

10Kg LR
3 X False Percula Clownfish
1 X Blood Shrimp
3 Turbos
8 Hermits

Go for it.

 

[TigerIssey]

Oscar, commons are false percs.

Did you mean True percs that are slightly smaller.

 

[Gallagher]

kk i might stay just a little longer....

karigupi, i havent set it up yet, its in my garage and im just
doing reseaerch befor i set it up, want to make sure i dont kill anything. when i do im thinking of doing one of those tank log/diary things .

would you guys reccomend a yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp?

thanks

james

 

[bollands]

i got percs in my 550 great guys but seem kinda small for my size tank so do the commons get much bigger than them mine are about 1 1/2 inch in size

 

[OscarWilde]

Oscar, commons are false percs.

Did you mean True percs that are slightly smaller.

No, thats my ignorance. I thought that it was True Percs that got bigger! It's hard to keep up with all of these species

Mine are flase percs and did fine in the 450 though think a 33g is better for them.