slamddakota99

well i just purchased my first clowns on sunday....and so far they are doing great and every1 in the tank is getting along! EVEN THE BLUE DEVIL DAMSELFISHES! they all hang out together dont fight or nothing! cept for one of the blue devils will go near them and the other one chases him away LOL! same with the yellow tail blue damsel he'll hang out with them too! i think i got extremely lucky with the blue devils being really kool with the clowns! well i got 3 fish named. 1 blue devil is satan, the other lucifer, and the yellow tail is sparkley wiggle LOL! clowns no name yet and same with my new lawnmower blenny. i think i might take some of my live rock out cuz i wana get an annemi<sp> and i duno where to put it! hmmmm i think i'll do some lookin around in da tank when i do my water change. which reminds me when i do my water change should i take the fish and inverts out or keep them in? im only doing 5-10gallon water change for a 55gallon already have s/w mixed with the same S/G as the tank.....?

Hypnox

First thing, wait atleast 6 months before adding any anemone. Second, the anemone will pick it's own spot that it likes, usually a crevice in the live rock that it will put its foot into. So in reality it may not like the spot you put it at, and will proceed to move about the tank to find a spot it likes. I would honestly suggest spending the time while waiting for your tank to age and stabilize for the anemone to do as much research on the different species and requirements for them as you can.

The clowns may or may not host the anemone, don't be surprised if they don't take to it immediately if at all. Also be sure to anemone proof your aquarium, things like putting sponge pre-filters onto the intakes of your powerheads so it doesn't get sucked into one and torn apart like my anemone did after 4 days in the tank causing a crash and killing all the livestock. (yes, i'm still a little bitter over my RBTA nuking my tank)

Leave the livestock in the tank during water changes.

Sorry if my post comes off as mean, it's really not meant to. Text makes it hard to "sound" nice.

slamddakota99

na its kool man....sounds like a plan on waiting, if at all putting one in. they seem fine without one. them and the damsels are gettin along great so i don't see why they honestly would need one. if i did anything maybe some zenias. my buddies have a load of them they told me they'll hook me up with. and one of my buddies told me his clowns spend most of they're time in the zenias than the anemone.....