Alternate to an actual anenome that clowns may host?

[FrankB1]

Other than an anenome is it possible a pair of clowns will be attracted to a long tenticle plate coral or Frogspawn. Don't want an anenome in a small tank (20 long) that will wander around.

Thank for any advice/recommendations

 

[JamesJR]

My pair of tomato clowns hosted in xenia and after I accidentally killed off my xenia they took to my leather coral.

 

[itw419]

my false perc clowns love to host in a hairy mushroom coral. $20 for a single polyp that is about the size of a hockey puck. much cheaper and easier to care for than an anemone.

 

[JamesJR]

It does happen Frank but I would not always bet on it. One thing I would tell you is to be patient. My clowns didn't host in them until they had been in the tank a while.

 

[Mr Bojangles]

mine took about a year to host in my hammer. Like everyone will say, it takes time, some a day, some years.

 

[kevin21]

mine host in a patch of GSP.

 

[Gundo5000]

Frogspawn

 

[caity]

mine started hosting in a patch of pink buttons.i'll try and get a pic,

 

[rambone]

my ocellaris hosts a pagoda cup

 

[dc]

My maroon has hosted in just about every coral in my tank and killed them all except the hairy mushrooms. She can't seem to kill them. Unfortunately for me.

 

[kypatriot]

I bought a fake anemone that looks more like thin strings than like an anemone. My tomato took to it after about 1 week, and has hosted it for months now. It feeds it, cleans it, and sleeps in it every night.

 

[Apostle]

Mine hosted the pump for my skimmer for about 4 months. I felt sorry for them when I put a sump in and moved it there so I now keep them in the sump……..just kidding.

 

[Alarmguy66]

Anthelia, unfortunatly it grows like a weed

 

[Broog]

I have had my clowns for 7 months now and they just started hosting in my frogspawn last night. :rollface:

 

[Sk8r]

If you have percs or clarkii, they're safe hosting in corals. A maroon is too rough, ime. A toadstool leather is good and stands up well.