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If you are planning to add coral, and I think eventually you will, you
might want to avoid anemones since they like to move,
and sometimes will kill your coral when they touch. Besides, the clowns
will spend most of the time hiding inside.

The clown fish will behave like a school of fish, swimming together without
the anemones, just make sure you pick tank raised from the same tank.

Good luck,


Ruben





"Haywood Jablowme" wrote in message
...

By the way, if you're in central New Jersey, you might want to get a
comparison
price from Howie Berkowitz at Pets, Pets, Pets in Somerset. He's always
treated
me well. 732-545-6675.

Thanks for the tip. But, I'm in the Orlando, Florida area.

HJ

RubenD wrote:
If you are planning to add coral, and I think eventually you will, you
might want to avoid anemones since they like to move,
and sometimes will kill your coral when they touch. Besides, the clowns
will spend most of the time hiding inside.

I haven't had any problems with that; the best spots for anemones are
taken by anemones, and I move the corals accordingly.

Mike

In article , RubenD
wrote:

If you are planning to add coral, and I think eventually you will, you
might want to avoid anemones since they like to move,
and sometimes will kill your coral when they touch. Besides, the clowns
will spend most of the time hiding inside.

I will probably not add any corals. I am looking for a low maintenance
fish only tank. I think (with a tank this size) I can have a dramatic
tank while keeping the maintenance to just the basics.

Haywood Jablowme wrote:
In article , RubenD
wrote:

If you are planning to add coral, and I think eventually you will, you
might want to avoid anemones since they like to move,
and sometimes will kill your coral when they touch. Besides, the clowns
will spend most of the time hiding inside.

I will probably not add any corals. I am looking for a low maintenance
fish only tank. I think (with a tank this size) I can have a dramatic
tank while keeping the maintenance to just the basics.

Soft corals can be very low maintainance, and quite impressive looking.

So can some hard corals.

Mike

In article ,
wrote:

Haywood Jablowme wrote:
In article , RubenD
wrote:

If you are planning to add coral, and I think eventually you will, you
might want to avoid anemones since they like to move,
and sometimes will kill your coral when they touch. Besides, the clowns
will spend most of the time hiding inside.

I will probably not add any corals. I am looking for a low maintenance
fish only tank. I think (with a tank this size) I can have a dramatic
tank while keeping the maintenance to just the basics.

Soft corals can be very low maintainance, and quite impressive looking.

So can some hard corals.

Mike

I'm considering using compact florescent lighting (and not metal
halides). Will the soft corals be OK with these? I don't really want
the heat associated with metal halides.

Haywood Jablowme wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

Soft corals can be very low maintainance, and quite impressive looking.

So can some hard corals.

I'm considering using compact florescent lighting (and not metal
halides). Will the soft corals be OK with these?

Many will, yes.

I don't really want
the heat associated with metal halides.

Don't blame you. I got rid of my halide/actinic comba, and put in T5
lighting.

Mike

In article ,
wrote:

Haywood Jablowme wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

Soft corals can be very low maintainance, and quite impressive looking.

So can some hard corals.

I'm considering using compact florescent lighting (and not metal
halides). Will the soft corals be OK with these?

Many will, yes.

I don't really want
the heat associated with metal halides.

Don't blame you. I got rid of my halide/actinic comba, and put in T5
lighting.

Mike
I'm trying to do as much reading as I can right now. I have seen a
number of pictures on the internet showing large tanks with both soft
corals and large angelfish (i.e. Koran Angelfish, Emperor Angelfish).
Does anyone know how these people are getting away with this? I'm
guessing that eventually the corals (they look like soft leather
corals) must be replaced. Won't angelfish like this eat soft corals?
This is what I always thought. If anyone has any insight on this, I
would appreciate some guidance. If there is a way to maintain a large
aquarium with both soft corals and Angelfish, I would really be
interested.

Haywood Jablowme wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

I don't really want
the heat associated with metal halides.

Don't blame you. I got rid of my halide/actinic comba, and put in T5
lighting.

I'm trying to do as much reading as I can right now. I have seen a
number of pictures on the internet showing large tanks with both soft
corals and large angelfish (i.e. Koran Angelfish, Emperor Angelfish).
Does anyone know how these people are getting away with this? I'm
guessing that eventually the corals (they look like soft leather
corals) must be replaced. Won't angelfish like this eat soft corals?
This is what I always thought. If anyone has any insight on this, I
would appreciate some guidance. If there is a way to maintain a large
aquarium with both soft corals and Angelfish, I would really be
interested.

Butterflies are much worse, but even they aren't too bad, if properly
fed.

The centropyge angels are really not much of a problem to all but the
most delicates corals.

Mike

Haywood Jablowme wrote:

Won't angelfish like this eat soft corals?

Some will. The Swallowtail and Lamarck's angels do not. The Rock Beauty is also
ok, but it eats sponges, so it's a bit hard to keep. The Asfur, Chrysurus,
Imperator, and Navarchus angels are said to be ok with "noxious soft corals."
Which corals are noxious is another research project.

All other large angels for sale on the Foster & Smith website are likely to at
least nip at corals of any type.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.