Ok. I’ll make an intelligent post instead of my “NEMO” post.
First let me start by saying FINDING NEMO was taken way outta hand when it had come out and it still does. Although its anti-aquarium theme has play on the movie, there’s no way in hell y’all are agreeing to that because well, frankly you got clowns in your tank too.
Now that the above is off my chest, let me stress the fact that clowns are the easiest if not they’re
more competent to human error other than damsels. When people begin a tank, I’ve noticed that most LFS near here say to get a clownfish since they are most compatible and most forgiving to conditions of owners who have no clue. With that being said, please don’t buy a clown or any life if you are clueless.
Why not damsels? Although they are 4.99 a fish in some places, they are aggressive. Let’s face it, humans aren’t aggressive people by nature, in fact it is proven that we aren’t. Most people don’t have tendencies to see things fight which is why most LFS don’t recommend these to beginners (or at least my LFS doesn’t). Yes, clownfish have damsels within it’s family tree but the obedience is quite different.
Another reason to clownfish is that they are a very aesthetically pleasing fish. What other fish do you know is cheap and as beautiful as clowns? For $10 a pop, the clown has amazing contrast of white and orange. That’s without getting into designer.
Once a person does research on clowns, they find out about the anemone. That is a whole different story but that symbiotic relationship is intense and known world wide. Before finding Nemo comes in play with his “anemememenone”, we must realize that this was a thing prior 2003 (the release of finding Nemo).
look all the fish out put in 2 quarantine tanks and copper led the fish. Took down the while tank, dried the rock, washed it bought new sand and recycled a week later after the rock was dry. Washed all the equipment did 45 days in quarantine for the clowns, goby and then moved our tomini and purple tang from 300 due to agression also. This was not suppose to be a tank for tangs but is working well so far. Is lightly stocked. Started adding coral about three months after we recycled the while tank! What a mess! Just adding a little coral at a time would like this to be a zoa garden at some point! Didn’t mean to steal the thread! I like this tank though! Thanks for asking about build thread. It really was just a rescue yank that I added some extra stuff too and these awesome phantom clowns I call ying and yang.
