BroncosZOA
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Clownfish/ Anemone Tank
This is how i do anemone clown tanks for my customers.
1. Decide which Anemonefish youd like to keep in your tank. (At first i would plan for a pair and not multiples) If you plan on going the multiples route you need to disregard step one and go directly to Step two. More then two clowns and not enough anemones is asking for fighting.
2. Decide your anemone. They all have different requirements in regards to flow, lighting, and position on a reef. You need to make sure you can provide the substrate rock work lighting and flow to have the anemone thrive.
3. Decide if you like Soup - Chances are if you have ever had an anemone they have gone on a walk. Does your setup want to be a big soup mixer or an anemone haven? Vortechs and powerful open grid pumps are a disaster waiting to happen. If you set up has a sump use a more powerful return and use a wavebox. (go diving watch an anemone in the wild its doesnt get blown around.
Those three questions can save you alot of time and money and heartache.
If you dont go with bubbletips i get the anemone in the tank first so it can settle in before the clowns can host it.
This is how i do anemone clown tanks for my customers.
1. Decide which Anemonefish youd like to keep in your tank. (At first i would plan for a pair and not multiples) If you plan on going the multiples route you need to disregard step one and go directly to Step two. More then two clowns and not enough anemones is asking for fighting.
2. Decide your anemone. They all have different requirements in regards to flow, lighting, and position on a reef. You need to make sure you can provide the substrate rock work lighting and flow to have the anemone thrive.
3. Decide if you like Soup - Chances are if you have ever had an anemone they have gone on a walk. Does your setup want to be a big soup mixer or an anemone haven? Vortechs and powerful open grid pumps are a disaster waiting to happen. If you set up has a sump use a more powerful return and use a wavebox. (go diving watch an anemone in the wild its doesnt get blown around.
Those three questions can save you alot of time and money and heartache.
If you dont go with bubbletips i get the anemone in the tank first so it can settle in before the clowns can host it.
), so inverts have a lower possibiliy of being chewed to bits. I don't think I've heard of an angel eating nems, but butterflies WILL eat them, so I'd steer clear. IDK if you're into to tangs at all, but your tank should be big enough to keep a clowntang. There was a young one at my lfs not too long ago and it was an absolutely gorgeous fish! your plan of keeping the same anemones and getting the clowns from the same clutch seems like the best bet 
Oh, and another cool thing about the BTA nems is that they will split frequently in aquariums! 
