Clownfish Care

           Clownfish or Anemonefish, which it's called "Nemo", are some of the most popular fish in the saltwater aquarium hobby. They are beautiful and fun to watch.

            Clownfish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Depending on species, clownfish are overall yellow, orange, reddish or blackish color, and many show white bars or patches.

Types of Clownfish

          Clownfish are currently 30 species. There are basically six clownfish complexes.

1. Percula Complex

2. Maroon Complex

3. Clarkii Complex

4. Saddleback Complex

5. Tomato Complex

6. Skunk Complex

Setting up the tank

• A suitable tank needs to maintain water quality and a stable environment. The suitable water temperatures between 75 - 82° F (24 - 28° C). PH should be at 8.0 to 8.4, specific gravity between 1.021 and 1.026 and stable (29 to 35 ppt). The level of a saltwater tank (ammonia -0, nitrates and nitrites less than 0.2 ppm). Minimum tank size of just eight to ten gallons, no less than 20 or 30 gallons (75.7 or 113.6L).
• Place the tank in a safe and test for defects.
  
• Add enough marine salt to produce a specific gravity of 1.020 to 1.026, which is the ideal salinity level for clown fish.
• Doing 15% water changes twice.

Feeding your Clownfish

• Clownfish are opportunistic eaters, will consume all types of meaty and vegetable food. But you should  provide them with a good variety of live, frozen, flake foods and contains the nutrients. 
• The food for clownfish include mysis and brine shrimp, spirulina flakes, bloodworms, krill, and finely chopped meaty foods.

Clownfish compatibility

• Clownfish are fairly small and slow-moving so you should not placed them with larger, carnivorous aggressive fish such as Lionfish and Groupers. There are not limits of the type of tank.
• Mixing different species of Clownfish is not usually recommend except in very large tanks.