colesjensen
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I have 2 clownfish and a rbta. Does anybody have any ideas to get them to host. Thanks!
Anemone to host clowns?
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vhuang168
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Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea and S. mertensii are the natural hosts for ocellaris
If they are tank bred, they will have a higher chance of accepting a non natural host.
Just let them be and they will decide if the rbta is an acceptable host.
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If they are tank bred, they will have a higher chance of accepting a non natural host.
Just let them be and they will decide if the rbta is an acceptable host.
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colesjensen
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Anthony357
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something tells be that captive bred ones dont tend to 'find' the anemone's...if they have been raised and in a tank their whole life (more than likely just in a box type aquarium by themselves) they dont even know what an anemone is, much less what to do with it lol. If you got a clownfish from the wild, im sure they would find it immediately. Atleast thats my .02
Ive had a pair of picasso's for a while, and they never go near my bubble tip, or any of my corals really :/
Ive had a pair of picasso's for a while, and they never go near my bubble tip, or any of my corals really :/
colesjensen
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I've been looking up on it and people say put them in a small space with the anemone so they are forced to find it. I might give it a try.
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vhuang168
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Anemone to host clowns?
Tank breds can be stubborn. Took my Picasso 6 days to find my mag acceptable. He never showed any interest in my btas. But he used a hairy mushroom, Duncans, heaters as hosts.
I've seen wild caughts take to a mag within minutes.
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Tank breds can be stubborn. Took my Picasso 6 days to find my mag acceptable. He never showed any interest in my btas. But he used a hairy mushroom, Duncans, heaters as hosts.
I've seen wild caughts take to a mag within minutes.
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davocean
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Tank bred or wild caught should make no difference, the instinct to accept a host is still very much there, they just are not as fast to recognize it as a host if it is not a natural host nem match to the species of clown you have.
BTA's are not a natural host to occs or percs, that's why you guys are having issues, given a natural host match they will most likely dive right in very quickly.
BTA's are not a natural host to occs or percs, that's why you guys are having issues, given a natural host match they will most likely dive right in very quickly.
davocean
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When you see your dog walk in circles to "lay down the grass" before laying down, that is instinct still set in after many many years of breeding and being domesticated, and in the same way that instict will not be bred out of clowns anytime soon.
The answer has been clearly shown here in the nem forum many many times, people are frustrated, their clown won't enter their nem, often for many months, we suggest a natural host nem match and hosting begins immediately or close to it every time.
The answer has been clearly shown here in the nem forum many many times, people are frustrated, their clown won't enter their nem, often for many months, we suggest a natural host nem match and hosting begins immediately or close to it every time.
vhuang168
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Not always the case. My Picasso took 6 days to accept my mag
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davocean
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That's longer than most times I've read about, but still that is not at all what I'd consider a long time for a clown to find, recognize, and accept a host nem.
Evolve29
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Some clownfishes aren't picky though. I have seen it doesn't matter tank raised or wild caught. Sometimes I get to think it is their personality. I got an orange blood clown, female I believe. She takes to any anemone within hours even Condys. I lost my Bta and replaced it with a Condy and dove into hours after putting in in the tank. Only if she would pair up with the male, at least she isn't attacking him just pushing him away from her anemone.
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Fastfisher5
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It took my clown a few weeks to host my bta. I was just patient and didn't do anything to stress them out by forcing it to host. Now they can't get enough of each other.
colesjensen
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catchandreleas
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Im having the same issue, two occellaris, wild caught and paired. I added a mag with the clowns at the same time, hosted in seconds. Mag didn't like my tank so i swapped in out for an RBTA, they have both been in there for weeks and the clowns won't even look at it.
colesjensen
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should I get a mag or see if they'll host the rbta?
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catchandreleas
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Couldn't tell you. Mags are tricky, very high flow, good lighting, big tank, perfect parameters. My tank isn't set up for one, is yours?
They would likely host in one, but it doesn't help if it dies. So Im going to hope that they host in my RBTA.
OrionN
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IMO, Clown fish will go into host anemone quicker if you have some sort of threat in the tank. Once or twice a day put you cleaned hand into the tank and wave around a bit. Stress the clowns like this and they will dive right into the anemone. I have done it before to induce them to go into non natural host. Please don't do this if you want them to go into a Gigantea or Haddoni or else you may just feed the anemone.
