2 black storms in fluval evo 13.5

[Dave1993]

am i alright adding 2 clowns at once to fluval evo 13.5 with indo ocean live rock cured

 

[Troylee]

How long has the tank been up? Have you checked for ammonia and nitrites?

 

[Dave1993]

How long has the tank been up? Have you checked for ammonia and nitrites?

its not up yet obv i will check for ammonia before adding nitrites don't matter nitrites only matters to fresh water

 

[Adamantium]

its not up yet obv i will check for ammonia before adding nitrites don't matter nitrites only matters to fresh water

Where did you hear that?

 

[Will_W]

Are you asking in general if two clowns will be okay in the 13.5? Because it doesn't sounds like your tank is up yet and cycled

 

[Dave1993]

Where did you hear that?

common known fact here is some proof

 

[Dave1993]

Are you asking in general if two clowns will be okay in the 13.5? Because it doesn't sounds like your tank is up yet and cycled

never started a tank with live rock? insta cycled .

 

[nereefpat]

Black storms are ocellaris, I believe. 13.5 gallons seems pretty small for a pair of clowns to me, although I know people keep clowns in small tanks. A 20 Long would be 30" long and better, or a 29 gallon would the same footprint as a 20L but taller, but it's up to you.

Will it just be the clown pair?

 

[Dave1993]

Black storms are ocellaris, I believe. 13.5 gallons seems pretty small for a pair of clowns to me, although I know people keep clowns in small tanks. A 20 Long would be 30" long and better, or a 29 gallon would the same footprint as a 20L but taller, but it's up to you.

Will it just be the clown pair?

will just be a clown pair yea i know recommended is like 20g but see loads of people keeping a pair in fluval evo 13.5 and if it hits the fan i always have a 90 gallon to put them in

 

[Dave1993]

my question is though will the bacteria off indo ocean live rock be enough bacteria so i don't get ammonia spikes

 

[Troylee]

never started a tank with live rock? insta cycled .

lol!!! You got it figured out buddy! You do you! ::cheers::

 

[Dave1993]

lol!!! You got it figured out buddy! You do you! ::cheers::

i guess i do dry rock andys commenting that know nothing lol

 

[Adamantium]

common known fact here is some proof

No kidding. I’d never heard this, thanks.

No need for the rude DM, OP. Pretty uncalled for and vindictive.

 

[Dave1993]

Close this thread don't need help ill do what I think obv no 1 has a clue

 

[Adamantium]

I'm sorry you're so mad. Hope it all works out for you. Black storms are awesome, and I'm sure two in a fluval evo is more than fine.

 

[TokenReefer]

I vaguely recall watching a macna speech where they commented that in the wild clownfish stay in a very close radius to their host anemone. Maybe if there's a nice nem they don't need much room outside that area... good luck!

 

[exnisstech]

I won't comment on cycling but will the clowns. If you are going to add 2 at once and they are not a bonded pair I would get the largest you can find and the smallest and hope one is female and one male. Better yet add one and let it become female if it isn't then add a small male later. The later is how I prefer to do it unless they are already bonded.

 

[Dave1993]

I won't comment on cycling but will the clowns. If you are going to add 2 at once and they are not a bonded pair I would get the largest you can find and the smallest and hope one is female and one male. Better yet add one and let it become female if it isn't then add a small male later. The later is how I prefer to do it unless they are already bonded.

would be a bonded pair least that's what the LFS says i'm probs just gonna get a priolepis nocturna

 

[i cant think]

never started a tank with live rock? insta cycled now keep on topic and lets stop being stupid pls guys if you don't know what you are talking about lets pls stop commenting

Live rock doesn’t change anything with a cycle… I have started many tanks with it and always face Atleast a mini cycle. The only way I’ve been able to stop a mini cycle is through adding bacteria from bottles. If I didn’t do that I faced a long (2-3 week) cycle period.

 

[Dave1993]

Live rock doesn’t change anything with a cycle… I have started many tanks with it and always face Atleast a mini cycle. The only way I’ve been able to stop a mini cycle is through adding bacteria from bottles. If I didn’t do that I faced a long (2-3 week) cycle period.

Although when i ordered liverock from masterfisch i put it straight into the tank and added fish and everything was fine i think i waited a week cause it was saying my ammonia was 8ppm which i think was wrong cause a crab that came with the rock was fine