Yeah for sure Remy! There are some really cool blue areas, especially near the dorsal fin area, that are really cool. I'm looking forward to see if those develop as they get bigger!
Beautiful harem of clowns there. I wasn’t a fan of the long fin clown fish but they look great. Nice coloration Matthew! Sea & reef have good quality fish. Looking forward to seeing them grow in your tank. The anemones will look great in there once you get them
Thanks for the video! I noticed the lawnmower blenny being drip acclimated with clean up crew. Not trying to nitpick, but shouldn’t we acclimate fish and inverts separately? Between salinity levels and potential use of copper shouldn’t we keep them separated? Just a question and keep up the great work!
Hey Krishna, and yeah, you are right. Probably best to keep them separate, especially if it's known that copper is used. I used to by from an LFS that used copper, so I absolutely had to drip them separately. But I've actually visited the importer in LA who sells these Live Aquaria fish, and they use methylene blue when the livestock first arrives, and then no copper. So these are probably okay to drip together, but your point is totally valid!
I just recently added a 2nd pair of clowns to my tank. Yes I went against rule of thumb thinking it’d be fine. But pretty instantly they went at it. It seems quite random they swim together then randomly have a stare down and only a few times did they butt heads. I was wondering if since they aren’t fighting to the death if they are maybe establishing pairs again. But I shut the lights off and they settled down. I think I’m gonna have to take 2 of them back. I have a 32g . Just not enough room for them to establish territories as pairs I guess.
Great video Matt as always! I was watching a video just before this Matt & it was about a beautiful Helsinki firefish & fire fish are beautiful marine fish! I will just find u a clip!
I thought you couldn't have more then two clownfish because they would fight each other, kind of like the male betta's? lol. How about for a 36 gallon aquarium?
Dope harem!! Is it still possible for clowns in a harem to breed? Im guessing it comes down to space but also how would they pair with so many possibilities
Another great video! Any concern about those longfins getting beat up/killed? I thought for best success on a clown haren you should stick to the same type of fish, from the same brood?
Yes, I am 100% concerned. I'm going to be watching them closely and rehoming them immediately when needed. Yes, you are absolutely right that you should get all the same clownfish, small and from the same clutch! But, I can't be mad at Sea and Reef for sending me two gorgeous extra clowns! I think I'll probably just have to build them a small desktop tank! Actually, maybe I should get on that now! I'm thinking the Fluval Sea 13.5 gallon for right next to my desk!
I have 30 mocha's from the same clutch. They are 160 days old and doing Great! They are currently in a 13.5 fluval AIO tank, with 2 BTA. Wht size tank would be suitable for them to grow up in together?
That is a great question Pam. I know BRS did a clownfish harem tank with around 30 clowns, and they went with a 120 gallon tank. The real tricks is trying to reduce aggression. You can do this by feeding several times a day, providing enough habitat, and spreading out aggression. Clowns have about a 2 foot home zone, so if a dominant couple sets up in the middle of the tank, they might protect up to 4 feet in length. So a 4 foot long tank would be the minimum. My experiment with a 40 gallon breeder tank makes me think that a 120 would be the way to go for sure!
This tank will look amazing! I used to have a anemone tank and its super low maintenance. All i need to do is feed reef roids/whitebait every now and then and do monlthy/bimonthly water changes. :D
Thanks for the confidence! I can't wait until it's in full bloom! So many clownfish that I'm having to watch my NO3 and PO4 at least every other day. And I'm so terrible with anemones, that I'm really hoping I can do everything right this time! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
So, that can be tricky. Two pairs is challenging because typically on a group of clowns, one will become dominant and turn female, so getting two pairs is hard. You're best bet is to stick with two clowns, or go with a minimum 120 gallon tank and do a harem of a lot of clowns! keep watching these videos and you will see that my harem has failed in my tank, and the 12 clowns are now down to three!
Thanks Emmanual! You know, that is why I haven't ever had an emerald crab! Always scared it would eat my corals! I guess only time will tell! Luckily, I don't think they ever go after anemones so that tank should be safe!
Good question Jack. Not a super easy answer. Usually you hear the advice that you should wait several months, if not a year before adding anemones, and that is good advice. But what that advice is really saying is you need to know your tank and your water parameters need to be super stable. So as long as things are stable, you can add anemones any time after that. I actually already have a few small anemones in the tank, but two of them seem to be sick, so I'm just holding off on adding any more until they recover or die. Thanks for watching!
As a delivery driver I’m sorry that not everything goes as planned but there is stuff that we can’t predict that slows us down like the scales, traffic, slow customers and animals but let’s not forget weather.
Well, here's how I will try to stop the aggression. First, I bought captive bred fish that just tend to be more docile. I'm feeding 4x each day, I aquascaped with lots of hiding places for the fish, I made sure the tank was over 2 feet wide to give space for the fish, and I'm going to add a lot of anemones so that there is a lot of habitat for them. But that being said, this is an experiment. The research I did said you shouldn't try a clownfish harem tank with anything smaller than 60-75 gallons. So I'm going to have to watch them closely as they get larger, and possibly move or rehome as need be!
Hey thanks Arthur. You know, I borrowed the coral dip process from a friend of mine. My understanding is that the coral amino and lugol dip as last stage is meant for healing and stressed or sick corals. It's supposed to help with the healing process at the end of the strenuous dip process. No idea if it helps, but my buddy swears by it so I just go with it!
Remove coral from plug/disc Mix 2 quarts water with Melafix or Brightwell Coral MD. Dip 7-10 minutes using baster to stir water Mix 4 packets of Furan 2 with 2 quarts of water. Dip corals 7-10 minutes using baster to stir water Mix 40 drops Lugol’s iodine with 40 drops Brightwell coral amino in 2 quarts water for 7-10 minutes. Visually inspect corals and remove any additional pests. Rinse coral in bucket of tank water Superglue coral to frag.
Everything looks so great!! Wish I did something similar to the clown harem when I set up my 20g. I love clowns, and its a shame I cant add anymore, we all know how agressive clowns get. I would like to add another 3 or so. Can that be done still?
Probably not, your instinct is right. 20 gallons is really small, and so is my 40 gallon tank! And once two get established, they would probably go after and kill any new clowns! But they sure are cool aren't they!
Ive got 5 tomatoes 2 domino damsels, 2 blue yellow damsels, 2 striped damsels all mind themselves the dominos even will go into the bubble tips nd the tomatoes dont mind every once in a while the female clown will dominate 1 nem but doesn't care about the rest. 40 gal got 65 for free so i will be turning that into a nem tank with 8 clowns
Hello, I’m 13 years old and from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. I’m planning to start a 120 gallon mixed reef tank next year. Can u tell me what would be a good fish and invert stocking? (clownfishes, nassarius snails, trochus snails and red fire shrimp are a must obviously 🙄) Pls. I am asking you now as I want to finish all of my proper research in the fishes before getting them as I want to give the, a good home. And one more thing, can I use 6,000 Kelvin led flood light (white) for my refugium? Ik this comment is too big and I’m sorry for that. But any reply would be of great help for me.
Hi there Abyan! Thanks for all of the great questions! Well, 120 gallon is a great size and you can put in a lot of fish. Check out my beginner guides first off. myfirstfishtank.com/beginner-guides/ They have all sort of good information, including good beginner fish and corals. Also an entire section of clean up crew! Also, a daylight LED is just fine for a refugium. You really don't need anything fancy for refugiums. Okay, get started with those blogs, and shoot me an email with any other questions! contact (at) myfirstfishtank.com
Honestly, the answer is probably just 2 safely. If you want to do a clownfish harem like this, you will need to do a few things. Get the fish from the same clutch, and small. Feed four times each day, build an aquascape with lots of places to hide, and add a lot of anemones.
They're going to look amazing there young so there not going to have Good colors but I'm sure they're going to get more pronounced colors!! And they food that your going to feed them !
@@MyFirstFishTank you know I love CoralVault... I love Sea and Reef too!!! I became friends with the owner Soren and when I was breeding clownfish back in the day a lot of my broodstock came from him. That was back when lightning maroons first came out. Always enjoy your videos. Keep on doing you bro. It’s why I follow you. 👊🤙😎
You are too kind Rob, and I definitely know you love Coral Vault! Didn't know you knew Soren over at Sea and Reef. I've never met him but I'm super impressed with his product!
yeah, that's what I've heard! I've actually never had emerald crabs because I'm afraid they'll eat them! Luckily the harem tank will only have nems, but I'm keeping a close eye on my reef tank to see what happens!
@@MyFirstFishTank in my experience emerald crabs have only eaten the flesh off my zoas, and it’s usually a mix of when they get larger in size and don’t have an adequate supply of algae. I would recommend keeping a close eye on yours, especially judging by how well kept and clean your tank looks. I ended up dumping a few of mine in my refugium after a while, and they ended up doing amazing in there until I found a new tank for them. So if worse comes to worst dumping them in a refugium if not another tank should suffice.
from what i have learned from the BRS harem tank the majority the bigger group of premium white will harrass and probably kill the black storms because they look too different. in the BRS harem they had the back white striped ocellaris and they almost killed one that had an orange snout.
Gosh, two-head ZOA for $25 bucks?! I can get about 200 ZOA monster for the same price in Thailand. So grateful I don't live in America hahahahahahahaha
40 gal is fine. lots of things the community says no and cant and ive done with no issues gotta decide what you want i get with the youtube platform you prob get alot of reef police.
Definitely a lot of reef police and some trolls as well. But I don't mind some of the reef police because honestly, they have helped me so much and taught me so many things through their comments! Thanks for watching and commenting Joseph!
I would never spend $300 for one fish. Those don't look fancy enough for the price. You might disagree because you support these companies that give you many things free, but not many people feel that way.
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Can’t wait to watch the progression! Looks like hints of blue in some of those!
Yeah for sure Remy! There are some really cool blue areas, especially near the dorsal fin area, that are really cool. I'm looking forward to see if those develop as they get bigger!
Awesome you were as happy as a kid in a candy store good for you
So happy! Thanks for watching!
Frickin’ WOW. I’m so happy for you!!! Good luck!!
Thanks Jeff! The clowns are amazing! Now I just need to figure out my anemone problem!
Beautiful harem of clowns there. I wasn’t a fan of the long fin clown fish but they look great. Nice coloration Matthew! Sea & reef have good quality fish. Looking forward to seeing them grow in your tank. The anemones will look great in there once you get them
Agreed! Can't wait to get those anemones!
The long fins deserve their own tank! Beautiful!
Agreed! In fact, I just purchased a new nearly $1,000 home for them this evening! So stay tuned!
Omg im definitely keeping up with this, so cool u just earned a new subscriber :)
Thanks for subbing! Glad you liked it!
Absolutely awesome video! You are entertaining and well spoken :) look forward to watching you and your clowntank grow
Thanks so much! You are too kind!
Thanks for the video! I noticed the lawnmower blenny being drip acclimated with clean up crew. Not trying to nitpick, but shouldn’t we acclimate fish and inverts separately? Between salinity levels and potential use of copper shouldn’t we keep them separated? Just a question and keep up the great work!
Hey Krishna, and yeah, you are right. Probably best to keep them separate, especially if it's known that copper is used. I used to by from an LFS that used copper, so I absolutely had to drip them separately. But I've actually visited the importer in LA who sells these Live Aquaria fish, and they use methylene blue when the livestock first arrives, and then no copper. So these are probably okay to drip together, but your point is totally valid!
I just recently added a 2nd pair of clowns to my tank. Yes I went against rule of thumb thinking it’d be fine. But pretty instantly they went at it. It seems quite random they swim together then randomly have a stare down and only a few times did they butt heads. I was wondering if since they aren’t fighting to the death if they are maybe establishing pairs again. But I shut the lights off and they settled down. I think I’m gonna have to take 2 of them back. I have a 32g . Just not enough room for them to establish territories as pairs I guess.
Nice vid 👍, love the clownfish 😍😁
Thanks 😁The clowns are so gorgeous!
Hi, is there any problem to kept so many clowns in 1 tank?
Cause i got 11 and they fight each other...now only left 7😅
Great video Matt as always! I was watching a video just before this Matt & it was about a beautiful Helsinki firefish & fire fish are beautiful marine fish! I will just find u a clip!
Very cool! Would love to see it!!!
How are the fish doing a year later? I can't seem to navigate your videos well to find updates on this tank.
I thought you couldn't have more then two clownfish because they would fight each other, kind of like the male betta's? lol. How about for a 36 gallon aquarium?
Dope harem!! Is it still possible for clowns in a harem to breed? Im guessing it comes down to space but also how would they pair with so many possibilities
Great looking fish! I wish I had gotten some designer clowns. Both of mine are the regular Ocellaris.
Hey, I love plain ocellaris! But I must admit... these Black Ice are super cool, and the longfin black storm are amazing!
All the very best 🤞👌👍😊
Thanks Swarup!
Another great video! Any concern about those longfins getting beat up/killed? I thought for best success on a clown haren you should stick to the same type of fish, from the same brood?
Yes, I am 100% concerned. I'm going to be watching them closely and rehoming them immediately when needed. Yes, you are absolutely right that you should get all the same clownfish, small and from the same clutch! But, I can't be mad at Sea and Reef for sending me two gorgeous extra clowns! I think I'll probably just have to build them a small desktop tank! Actually, maybe I should get on that now! I'm thinking the Fluval Sea 13.5 gallon for right next to my desk!
@@MyFirstFishTank do it!
That was great.
Thanks!
Awesome!!
See I need new pictures of you!
I have 30 mocha's from the same clutch. They are 160 days old and doing Great! They are currently in a 13.5 fluval AIO tank, with 2 BTA. Wht size tank would be suitable for them to grow up in together?
That is a great question Pam. I know BRS did a clownfish harem tank with around 30 clowns, and they went with a 120 gallon tank. The real tricks is trying to reduce aggression. You can do this by feeding several times a day, providing enough habitat, and spreading out aggression. Clowns have about a 2 foot home zone, so if a dominant couple sets up in the middle of the tank, they might protect up to 4 feet in length. So a 4 foot long tank would be the minimum. My experiment with a 40 gallon breeder tank makes me think that a 120 would be the way to go for sure!
This tank will look amazing! I used to have a anemone tank and its super low maintenance. All i need to do is feed reef roids/whitebait every now and then and do monlthy/bimonthly water changes. :D
Thanks for the confidence! I can't wait until it's in full bloom! So many clownfish that I'm having to watch my NO3 and PO4 at least every other day. And I'm so terrible with anemones, that I'm really hoping I can do everything right this time! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Great video so I want to keep 2 pair of clowns only what size tank you recommend ?
So, that can be tricky. Two pairs is challenging because typically on a group of clowns, one will become dominant and turn female, so getting two pairs is hard. You're best bet is to stick with two clowns, or go with a minimum 120 gallon tank and do a harem of a lot of clowns! keep watching these videos and you will see that my harem has failed in my tank, and the 12 clowns are now down to three!
@@MyFirstFishTank thanks so much 🙏🏾
Amazing!!!!! Can’t wait for the next update
Me neither! Thanks for watching and commenting!
HAHA Tyler! your on RUclips's! Best shop in the DFW area.
You got that right! Can't wait to check it out next time I find myself in the Dallas area!!!
I loved this video so much!! I love your honest excitement. I can’t wait to watch the rest of the videos 😊
Yay! Thank you!
That will be the happiest day of my life if i have that full of clownfish Tank!
:-)
I had a terrible experience with emeralds they totally went after my softies , great video Matt !
Thanks Emmanual! You know, that is why I haven't ever had an emerald crab! Always scared it would eat my corals! I guess only time will tell! Luckily, I don't think they ever go after anemones so that tank should be safe!
How long do you have to wait before you add anomies to the tank need to know tank looks good btw
Good question Jack. Not a super easy answer. Usually you hear the advice that you should wait several months, if not a year before adding anemones, and that is good advice. But what that advice is really saying is you need to know your tank and your water parameters need to be super stable. So as long as things are stable, you can add anemones any time after that. I actually already have a few small anemones in the tank, but two of them seem to be sick, so I'm just holding off on adding any more until they recover or die. Thanks for watching!
Clownfish look amazing!
I love them too!
Hi sir what fish and how much of each should i put in a 20 gallon?
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Are they shipped with no water ?
Oh, definitely shipped with water!
As a delivery driver I’m sorry that not everything goes as planned but there is stuff that we can’t predict that slows us down like the scales, traffic, slow customers and animals but let’s not forget weather.
Yes, for sure! 100% correct! Thank you for all you do to make sure these packages arrive safely!
How are you going to stop aggression and could you do this in a 20 gallon?
Well, here's how I will try to stop the aggression. First, I bought captive bred fish that just tend to be more docile. I'm feeding 4x each day, I aquascaped with lots of hiding places for the fish, I made sure the tank was over 2 feet wide to give space for the fish, and I'm going to add a lot of anemones so that there is a lot of habitat for them. But that being said, this is an experiment. The research I did said you shouldn't try a clownfish harem tank with anything smaller than 60-75 gallons. So I'm going to have to watch them closely as they get larger, and possibly move or rehome as need be!
so why do you take them off of the old plugs and put them on new ones?
Two reasons. The first is to help clean the coral and remove any unwanted hitchhikers or nuisance algae. The second is just to get a bigger plug.
Nice video, you use amino with lugol when you dip your corals? why is that?
Hey thanks Arthur. You know, I borrowed the coral dip process from a friend of mine. My understanding is that the coral amino and lugol dip as last stage is meant for healing and stressed or sick corals. It's supposed to help with the healing process at the end of the strenuous dip process. No idea if it helps, but my buddy swears by it so I just go with it!
@@MyFirstFishTank fair enough what dosages do you use them at?
Remove coral from plug/disc
Mix 2 quarts water with Melafix or Brightwell Coral MD. Dip 7-10 minutes using baster to stir water
Mix 4 packets of Furan 2 with 2 quarts of water. Dip corals 7-10 minutes using baster to stir water
Mix 40 drops Lugol’s iodine with 40 drops Brightwell coral amino in 2 quarts water for 7-10 minutes.
Visually inspect corals and remove any additional pests.
Rinse coral in bucket of tank water
Superglue coral to frag.
New to the channel just subbed. Dope content my g !! 💪🏽💪🏽
Sweet, thanks for the sub! Welcome aboard!
ive always heard mixing clown varieties in a harem will lead to extra aggression.
Everything looks so great!! Wish I did something similar to the clown harem when I set up my 20g. I love clowns, and its a shame I cant add anymore, we all know how agressive clowns get. I would like to add another 3 or so. Can that be done still?
Probably not, your instinct is right. 20 gallons is really small, and so is my 40 gallon tank! And once two get established, they would probably go after and kill any new clowns! But they sure are cool aren't they!
Ive got 5 tomatoes 2 domino damsels, 2 blue yellow damsels, 2 striped damsels all mind themselves the dominos even will go into the bubble tips nd the tomatoes dont mind every once in a while the female clown will dominate 1 nem but doesn't care about the rest. 40 gal got 65 for free so i will be turning that into a nem tank with 8 clowns
Hello, I’m 13 years old and from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. I’m planning to start a 120 gallon mixed reef tank next year. Can u tell me what would be a good fish and invert stocking? (clownfishes, nassarius snails, trochus snails and red fire shrimp are a must obviously 🙄) Pls. I am asking you now as I want to finish all of my proper research in the fishes before getting them as I want to give the, a good home. And one more thing, can I use 6,000 Kelvin led flood light (white) for my refugium? Ik this comment is too big and I’m sorry for that. But any reply would be of great help for me.
Hi there Abyan! Thanks for all of the great questions! Well, 120 gallon is a great size and you can put in a lot of fish. Check out my beginner guides first off. myfirstfishtank.com/beginner-guides/ They have all sort of good information, including good beginner fish and corals. Also an entire section of clean up crew! Also, a daylight LED is just fine for a refugium. You really don't need anything fancy for refugiums. Okay, get started with those blogs, and shoot me an email with any other questions! contact (at) myfirstfishtank.com
@@MyFirstFishTank thanks a lot. I love your videos and watch all of them.
How many clown fish can I get for my 55 gallon ? I already have one I’m just doing clown fish
Honestly, the answer is probably just 2 safely. If you want to do a clownfish harem like this, you will need to do a few things. Get the fish from the same clutch, and small. Feed four times each day, build an aquascape with lots of places to hide, and add a lot of anemones.
Update?
They're going to look amazing there young so there not going to have Good colors but I'm sure they're going to get more pronounced colors!! And they food that your going to feed them !
Totally agree! They already look cool but they are going to look even better!
@@MyFirstFishTank I don't think sea and reef use TDO I think they use the same thing ORA use shhh
3:32 the poor hermit crab who is upside down :(
:-)
Beautiful clowns, too bad they don't sell to the general public, I live about 4 hours from there
Love the vid dude! 👊🤙😎
Thanks Rob!
@@MyFirstFishTank you know I love CoralVault...
I love Sea and Reef too!!! I became friends with the owner Soren and when I was breeding clownfish back in the day a lot of my broodstock came from him. That was back when lightning maroons first came out.
Always enjoy your videos. Keep on doing you bro. It’s why I follow you. 👊🤙😎
You are too kind Rob, and I definitely know you love Coral Vault! Didn't know you knew Soren over at Sea and Reef. I've never met him but I'm super impressed with his product!
Might want to keep those zoas far from the emerald crabs, they are known for eating soft corals when they get bored
yeah, that's what I've heard! I've actually never had emerald crabs because I'm afraid they'll eat them! Luckily the harem tank will only have nems, but I'm keeping a close eye on my reef tank to see what happens!
@@MyFirstFishTank in my experience emerald crabs have only eaten the flesh off my zoas, and it’s usually a mix of when they get larger in size and don’t have an adequate supply of algae. I would recommend keeping a close eye on yours, especially judging by how well kept and clean your tank looks. I ended up dumping a few of mine in my refugium after a while, and they ended up doing amazing in there until I found a new tank for them. So if worse comes to worst dumping them in a refugium if not another tank should suffice.
Okay, that all makes good sense. I'll keep a close eye on the crabs! Thanks!
You're gonna need a Bigger Tank ;)
Yes, quite true indeed!
from what i have learned from the BRS harem tank the majority the bigger group of premium white will harrass and probably kill the black storms because they look too different. in the BRS harem they had the back white striped ocellaris and they almost killed one that had an orange snout.
Yeah I remember watching that too!
Bruh, six ZOAS heads for...$50? Remind me NEVER to move to America
In the uk 2 heads for 30 pound plus 😂
Very good video! Is your name Matthew please?? 😀👍👍
Yes, it is!
So what happens when none of the clown host the nems 0_0 and they host the power head instead LOL
Then I feel sad! Ha, but I have a few hosting tricks up my sleeve!
@@MyFirstFishTank Sounds like a good video lol
Gosh, two-head ZOA for $25 bucks?! I can get about 200 ZOA monster for the same price in Thailand. So grateful I don't live in America hahahahahahahaha
40 gal is fine. lots of things the community says no and cant and ive done with no issues gotta decide what you want i get with the youtube platform you prob get alot of reef police.
Definitely a lot of reef police and some trolls as well. But I don't mind some of the reef police because honestly, they have helped me so much and taught me so many things through their comments! Thanks for watching and commenting Joseph!
I would never spend $300 for one fish. Those don't look fancy enough for the price. You might disagree because you support these companies that give you many things free, but not many people feel that way.