clowns

[ZAX]

What food is recommended for clowns?  Going out tomorrow to get 2 (hopefully) and the food...

 

[iantower]

So you got your clowns ?
Thats good you will like them... some get weird and will bite you when you put your hand in the tank lol... it dont hurt but can startle you at times!
As per your question... for clowns... really anything! There are many flake foods out there, look them over and basically what sounds good get.
I have ocean nutrition prime reef flakes - natural food for all tropical fish
and    nutrafin max marine flakes

When it comes to clowns they will eat anything and all the flake food that is good for them will 100% have a picture of a clown fish on it... thank you Nemo

Cheers!

 

[ZAX]

Cool, thanks Ian,  don't have my fish yet tho, going out tomorrow to buy them,  should I get 1 or 2 anemone also?

 

[crazybizzle]

For food my eat the oc prime mixed flake and brine shrimp as for a anemone i havnt had one but they can be a pain cause they move around in ur tank and end up stinging ur corals and if it dies it could lead to a problem plus they need good lighting.  If ur looking for them to host something they usually will host anything be it a powerhed or even ur magnet. Mine hosted my ellegance coral which is huge but that took six months but it is a awesome sight to watch them play and sleep in it.

 

[xxmurrxx]

I use a couple dif brands of flake and trying some of the IO Brine shrimp.
Usually switching between the kinds ever time i feed.

He seems to eat whatever though.

 

[shayneh]

They are pigs and will eat whatever you put in.....As for the anenome I would say get a torch or branching hammer for the exact reasons crazybizzle brought up and the fact that they are great at getting themselves into trouble in the tank. If you have any potentially lethal flaws with your tank they will find them. I have seen them wrapped around and stuck in "safe" powerheads, minced and pured in powerheads without covers on the intakes, stuck in overflows, and sitting on top of corals waging all out war. They are nice to look at but you can get a long tentacle torch that accomplishes the same effect without the "mobility factor!"

 

[iantower]

Get two buddy! If your lucky maybe they will become a breeding pair... other then puppies the next cuttest thing is a batch of fishes swimming around.. though they will all get eaten lol... but you get my drift.

 

[Salty1]

What type of clown are you getting? Remember certain types of clown will only host certain anemones. Clarki & Sebae are the easiest to host most any anemone.

 

[fishit]

yes great sugestions but in my case i have 3 pairs and every pair i put in will only host hammer corals wont even look at my torch so i have 3 hammers now as well. so i sugest hammer corals whatch witch clowns you get some are vary agressive and you wont be able to have any others in there like maroon clowns sebay and claky clowns agresive and messy will dig up your sand bed 

 

[Blob-79]

imo if your going to get an anemone, stick to bubble tips. try to avoid long tentacle anemones, they are notorius for letting go to find a new spot and in doing so commit suicide. Bubble tips however never let go, they move about like a snail. They may move but once they find a happy play they normally stay put, unless you change something.

 

[ZAX]

We got 2 ocellaris clowns from the box of water today...  love the fish so far, they are so curious... thinking about maybe torch or hammer coral or frogspawn....  think I'll stay away from anemone.....saw clips on net of people losing their fish in there

 

[Salty1]

That's the safest bet. Any pictures?