Is it ok to feed blackworms to saltwater fish. Since my clownfish didn't eat much and was getting skinny, I kinda fed them live blackworms like once a week and they started to get chubby. When I was feeding flake they were very skinny like paper only. And i guess the worms has alot of protein that should help them grow faster too. :lol:

I found this:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...threadid=288782

Yes it is fine to feed Saltwater fish live blackworms, but only as a treat every once in awhile and make sure you buy the blackworms from a reputable fish store. Feeding a variety of foods is essential to a healthy happy fish. Here are a few different foods that you could feed your Clownfish:

Quality flake/pellet food
Frozen foods-Mysis, Bloodworms, Krill and, Brine Shrimp
Live Foods-Blackworms, and Brine Shrimp
Veggies/Algae-Spirulina, or Seaweed sheets

Thanks.I have been feeding them seaweed sheets. Too. Now I just need to go buy some Spirulina flakes and some frozen BS and bloodworms. Im not a real fan of freeze dried food, so i rather get frozen ones. Thanks.

Sorry to change the topic but i was lazy to make a new thread.

I just went to home depot and bought a duel light. It could fit two 20 inch light in there. I was thinking about getting an anemone for my 20 gallon. What kind of light bulb would be best? And i was going to go get some live rocks before i go get my anemoe.

Would they host aq long tentecle anemone? IF they wont then tell me other kinds of anemone they will host. Thanks.

From your desciption I'm guessing the light fixture is a shoplight that house two NO fluorescent bulbs right? if so then no that is not the right light. Anemones really need Metal Halide lighting in order to thrive, although BTA Bubble Tip Anemone might do well under high wattage PC lighting.

It depends. If you add an Anemone to your tank with a Clownfish it is not 100% that the Clownfish will host in the Anemone.

Clownfish do not need Anemones to survive or flourish in a home aquarium. Clownfish don't even need to host in anything but will host in corals such as Torch, Frogspawn, and Hammer. Anemones are very difficult to care for, require prestine water conditions, a established tank perferably 1yr, and high lighting using MH's. It is a good idea to wait until your tank is well established then you can attempt to keep a Anemone.

Ok thanks. And yes they use fluorescent light. I bought one ultra bright 20 inch light bulb. It is a 10 k. Has 20 watt. And I bought a 20 inch blue light with 20 watts. Would this be good enough to keep corals and live rocks?

With 40watts of NO fluorescent lighting over a 20g you can definitely keep live rock, but corals wouldn't do too well under that type and amount of light. If you really want to keep corals then I would suggest purchasing a PowerCompact light system, as that would allow you to keep most corals.

Ok thanks. Would a Torch coral need a compact light system too? Or do they need something better?

What are the dimensions of the tank? Torch belong to LPS(Large Polyped Stoney) corals which need around 6-8wpg of PowerCompact lighting. LPS can also thrive under VHO and Metal Halide lighting but they are more expensive then PC lighting.

The tank is 1 foot 2 inches wide. About 1 and 6 inches high.And about 2 and one half long.

Are urchins as hard to keep as anemones? What about corals? Seems like they require the same pristine water or even more pristine for that matter. Is it worth it to keep anemones (forgive the spelling, it's late)?

I think it depends if you're intrested in anemones. But they are a beauty when well kepted.

Urchins are moderately difficult to care for. They are sensitive to high Nitrates and are venomous.

Corals like SPS require Prestine(clean) water while Softies and LPS like a more "Dirty" organically rich water.

Anemones are imo extremely difficult to care. They require prestine water, a mature system preferabally 1 year, and high lighting. Anemones should only be kept by experience hobbyists and should never be attempted by a beginner.

Well I went and bought another one of those duel light. So there is 4 lights total. I made 3 of them to 30 k and the last one to atinic blue. Is this good enough for corals?

NO Fluorescent lighting is not going to be able to keep any corals alive. A PowerCompact light fixture would be the cheapest lighting you could purchase that would allow you to keep coral.

With 3-4 watts per gallon of powercompact lighting you could keep most softies(Zoos, Mushrooms, etc.)

With 6-8 watts per gallon of powercompact lighting you could keep LPS(Torch, Frogspawn, Hammer, etc)

Some SPS can thrive under powercompact lighting, but the majority need metal halide lighting.

So basically with NO fluorescent lighting you can't keep any corals.

Ok thanks. Would it be ok if it was Half Compact light and half NO Fluorescent lighting?

Well you would still need 3-4 wpg of powercompact lighting for softies and 6-8wpg for LPS, so I don't see the need to add any NO fluorescent lighting. Also you would need a fixture or retrofit kit, not the screw in bulbs as screw in PC bulbs should only be used for small tanks 2.5g, 5g, etc.

Ok thanks. I'll just replace the light with a power compact light then.