20 gallon nano tank advice

thaitopher · Mar 12, 2017

I have had a 10 gallon FOWLER tank for the last 11 years. In September I upgraded to a 20 gallon after my 10 gallon broke. My readings are all low and corraline algae is really starting to takeoff. I am about to add LPS and soft corals to my tank and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what I should add. I get 50 PAR at the bottom of the tank and 200 PAR in the middle. Have 25,000 k 32 watt LED light. Presently I have an 11 year old clown, fire shrimp and 2 turbo snails along with some hermit crabs. Any help would be much appreciated

bios · Mar 12, 2017

First I will add an host for the clown i.e. A nem a toadstool or something he like, mine like a turbinaria

Jisko · Mar 12, 2017

Some clowns wont even host. For example the two clowns in my profile picture are not hosted to anything even after adding frogspawns and different corals. Once I had a Clarkii host to the heater and would sleep on it every night haha

I would of recommended you added a 2nd clownfish though... one half the size of him... I'm not sure about adding it now because its best to add them at the same time so you can have a nice pair. The little clown will normally give in while the big one takes control with little to no fight.

thaitopher · Mar 12, 2017

Jisko said:
Some clowns wont even host. For example the two clowns in my profile picture are not hosted to anything even after adding frogspawns and different corals. Once I had a Clarkii host to the heater and would sleep on it every night haha

I would of recommended you added a 2nd clownfish though... one half the size of him... I'm not sure about adding it now because its best to add them at the same time so you can have a nice pair. The little clown will normally give in while the big one takes control with little to no fight.

You think my clown would accept a new clown after living by himself for the last 11 years?

thaitopher · Mar 12, 2017

bios said:
First I will add an host for the clown i.e. A nem a toadstool or something he like, mine like a turbinaria

How about a bubble tip?

Jisko · Mar 12, 2017

thaitopher said:
You think my clown would accept a new clown after living by himself for the last 11 years?

I honestly would not now... my clown I have is about 3 inchs long and it paired perfectly with a clown less then an inch but I'm sure each clown is gonna act differently.