24X12X12 Tank - Can I Keep 2 Clownfish?

[simonas]

A cliched question I know but I have a tank the above size in my sons room. Its currently home to a pair of Channa Orientalis snakeheads and their babies

I can;t get any other tanks till I move house so is the only size we have to play with for now

Question is with that size tank could a pair of young clowns be kept and then till they get to their maximum size.

I;ve kept brackish before so have little experience, my LFS has a new marine section and as its a small tank I could do water changes with ready mixed water from shop

what filtration would I require if it was possible and would some live rock be beneficial

cheers for any help andapologies if this is a daft question

 

[-Nemo-]

You will get plenty of varying answers to this question because everyone has different opinions on the minimum size required for clownfish. 24x12x12 is a US 15G and IMO I believe a 20G to be minimum for the smaller clown species. As I said, some will say higher and some will say lower numbers.

That being said, Live rock is definitely a yes. About 15 pounds would be good.

 

[simonas]

You will get plenty of varying answers to this question because everyone has different opinions on the minimum size required for clownfish. 24x12x12 is a US 15G and IMO I believe a 20G to be minimum for the smaller clown species. As I said, some will say higher and some will say lower numbers.

That being said, Live rock is definitely a yes. About 15 pounds would be good.

thanks for the response I almost feel embarrased asking the question about a "nemo" set up

Once I move house I shall have a room for myself for my tanks and snakes, due to my wifes new business and lack of storgae space I sold 7 tanks this year leaving my 150g and my sons tank.

I'm going to give it a go with sole purpose of just 2 clownfish.

The live rock I will get from my LFS as they always stock it. The tank already has a heater and lights although I imagine I may need a different bulb? would i need any extra fltration other than the live rock? I know when I planned a larger marine I needed power heads is the same required for this basic set up?

I can also imagine that once i have this tank set up with the clown fish in my wife will want a better/bigger set up that will be allowed in the living room unlike my tanks with freshwater predators that have always been in the garage!!lol

 

[simonas]

from reading round it seems I don;t need filtration just live rock and marine sand?

It would seem I need a powerhead or two. any recomendations of what kind I need. I presume one positioned at each end would be sufficent

Lighting? do I need to buy a marine style bulb or does live rock require better lighting?

cheers

 

[seffieuk]

The live rock is the heart and lungs of the tank you will also need aragonite sand and a powerhead. If you dont intend on having any corals your lights are probably ok - however, you will be tempted by the softies you see in the lfs, so if you have t5 tubes you could change them to marine tubes, this way you could support several species of softy.

Seffie x

 

[xxBarneyxx]

The live rock is the heart and lungs of the tank you will also need aragonite sand and a powerhead. If you dont intend on having any corals your lights are probably ok - however, you will be tempted by the softies you see in the lfs, so if you have t5 tubes you could change them to marine tubes, this way you could support several species of softy.

Seffie x

Agree with the above, except another alternative which isnt often give is not having any sand in the tank at all. The bottom of the tank eventually gets covered in coralline algae anyway and it makes it a lot easier to keep the tank free of detris. I have been running my 100g as a bare bottom tank (just because my plan was always to rescape it) and while it was only supposed to be like that for a little while I think I may keep it that way in the future.

 

[simonas]

Seffie cheers for the great advice on this, I knw you don;t fully agree with the size of the tank

XBarney cheers for the suggestion but I;m liking the look of the substrate and will put some of the aragonite sand down with the blue back and sides as I LIKE THE effect that gives

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Yeah I must admit it does look nice having sand and you do get some life in the sand that you don't really get if you don't have it. I just like to throw the suggestion in because it is a lot easier to maintain and not many people think about it.

 

[simonas]

well the process is nearly started , last of fish to be rehoused tomorrow when after i will drain all the water sand etc and clean it totally

I;ll leave it to dry then before I paint it with my royal blue tile paint

Just a thought when its set up can I have a couple of hermits in there and a blood shrimp?

 

[bae1994]

yes with the hermits think its ok

but ime not sure about the shrimp id go with peppermints

 

[simonas]

as you;ll be aware the proposed tank is under way but a qauestion I have is would a xenia pulse coral and toadstool be too much inthis tank

cheers Simon

 

[seffieuk]

Well, the toadstool will probably get too big for your tank, but you would be able to frag and the xenia will either love your tank and go mad, in which case you can again frag or will hardly grow at all

So, I would get both when things are stable in your tank

Seffie x

 

[simonas]

Well, the toadstool will probably get too big for your tank, but you would be able to frag and the xenia will either love your tank and go mad, in which case you can again frag or will hardly grow at all

So, I would get both when things are stable in your tank

Seffie x

cheers Seffie will do

I hardly look at the fish in the shop I just keep being drawn to the corals