Tips for New black and White clown fisc please!

[Lily Lemire]

Hi everyone!
Tonight I'll buy someone's black and White clownfish and I would like some advice based on experience about acclimating clown fish, about which best fish food to feed them , hermit crabs and feather dusters compatibility ( personal experience) , and any specific care I might not have read about on internet.
Is there any antibacterial natural med that I Can use to help enhance his health? ( In freshwater I use Mélafix , Pimafix , Garlic Guard, aquarium salt etc)
Also, is it necessary to have an anémone for Black And White Clownfish ?

Info: 10 gal rimless reef tank, 30 aquaclear filter, live sand, 10 + lbs of live rocks, zooanthids, palytozooanthids, 2 Red mushroom corals and a purple gorgonian, +/- 10 hermit crabs. I Will post picture with the New fish Tonight. ☺
Thanks in advance for tips and advice!
Lily ☺

 

[Ranjib]

Anemone is not a necessity. If its a clown, and you dont see any visible infection, you don't have to treat for any medication. Generally, prazipro and cupramine is recommended as most frequent medication during QT process.

 

[Ranjib]

10 hermit crabs might be too much. I would also recommend running chemical filtration (chemipure blue) in the hob filter. Do you have plans to get a skimmer ??

 

[Lily Lemire]

Hum I didnt think about having a skimmer yet .. a month ago I had a reef nano 3 gallons so I could not imagine having a hydor korelia or something like that without having sand tornados everywhere. So having a 30 gallons Aquaclear filter was a good option. Ever since I have this filter. You think I should add a skimmer? There's a lot of current already ...

 

[Lily Lemire]

Also, what happens if I keep too much hermit crabs ? I feed them Hikari Crab Cuisine sinking pellets every nights so that they dont starve ....

 

[reef lover]

Skimmers are used to reduce waste...as well as oxygenate the water. And hermits imo are awful...lol they kill snails and steal food from corals and kill each other...but what i think they ment that 10 was too many for 10 gallons but your doing right and making sure theyre fed.

 

[Ranjib]

Also, what happens if I keep too much hermit crabs ? I feed them Hikari Crab Cuisine sinking pellets every nights so that they dont starve ....

They are more like cleanup crews, and i wont recommend more than a couple (or three at most) for 10G. It also depends upon how much waste / algae you have in your tank. I prefer to have a mix of different cuc ( hermits, snails, urchins, stars), with snails being the bulk of it.

Hermits will hurt snails eventually (for shells if not for foods), as well as each others.

 

[Ranjib]

Hum I didnt think about having a skimmer yet .. a month ago I had a reef nano 3 gallons so I could not imagine having a hydor korelia or something like that without having sand tornados everywhere. So having a 30 gallons Aquaclear filter was a good option. Ever since I have this filter. You think I should add a skimmer? There's a lot of current already ...

Probably not right now. If you have higher bioload and observe nutrient issues, then go for an hob or airstone based skimmer.

 

[Lily Lemire]

Can have an urchin in a 10 gallon?

 

[Philip Chin]

depends on the type of urchin that you purchase. an pin cushion will probably be fine, but a long spine will be like a bulldozer in your tank.

 

[Lily Lemire]

Ohh i see ☺ thx!

 

[Philip Chin]

pin cushions are prettier anyway and good luck