colesjensen
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Do the clowns have to wild caught or will tank raised have the same tendency to go in to it?
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Anemone to host clowns?
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Do the clowns have to wild caught or will tank raised have the same tendency to go in to it?
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hypermikie
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I just added a RBTA for my two Ocellaris six days ago. Today the female began to move in.
What I think helped in my case was feedings.
My clowns are like two puppy's and come to the glass begging for food whenever I walk into the room. I generally feed them with a child's medicine syringe that has a long piece of hard airline tubing attached to it. They, not so patiently, wait for the food to come squirting out. I began taking their feedings to the anemone and got them to start eating inside the nem using this technique. Shortly after they began exploring it more and more.... probably looking for food.
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What I think helped in my case was feedings.
My clowns are like two puppy's and come to the glass begging for food whenever I walk into the room. I generally feed them with a child's medicine syringe that has a long piece of hard airline tubing attached to it. They, not so patiently, wait for the food to come squirting out. I began taking their feedings to the anemone and got them to start eating inside the nem using this technique. Shortly after they began exploring it more and more.... probably looking for food.
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I'm not at two years, maybe four weeks with two percs and a rtba with no luck. I thought maybe yesterday I saw one dive down the rtba but that's all I've seen.
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jah hoeva
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Same here with my Occ's. 6-7 months with out a look at all of my RBTA's. Added a mag and took maybe 5 days.
davocean
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This type of comment and input is very helpful for those not aware or understanding the value of matching clowns to natural host nems.
I'm one of those trying to encourage this, and end the passed on misinformation of tank bred vs wild on the hosting issues, and people frustrated on why the most common nem, BTA, often goes unnoticed.
jah hoeva
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I got sick of hoping they would hop into the BTA. I would not force the issue and just said, if they want a nem, there is one there for them. Well they did not care, so I did research here and talked to some season vets. What I learned was if you provide a natural host species to your type of clown, in most cases, it will happen and happen quickly. They were right.
colesjensen
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I was looking at anemones and the 2 I found where the Seabae and the mag anemone. But I heard mag's are really hard to care for and I couldn't find a seabae that isn't bleached or dyed. Are mag nems really that hard?
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davocean
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My honest thoughts, the hardest part of keeping a mag is just getting a healthy one, once you have that, and your tank is well established and stable, good light, moderate to even strong flow, give them a perch and they pretty much stay.
Honestly, the easy part of keeping a BTA is that they are forgiving as params go, easy to come by, if your params are off you get a clone probably, but unless it's a species tank or you have very good luck it's a pain to keep them from wandering around causing damage.
Just keep in mind, almost any newly shipped mag should come w/ expectations of QT and cipro, and you should have all you need for that before getting one.
Honestly, the easy part of keeping a BTA is that they are forgiving as params go, easy to come by, if your params are off you get a clone probably, but unless it's a species tank or you have very good luck it's a pain to keep them from wandering around causing damage.
Just keep in mind, almost any newly shipped mag should come w/ expectations of QT and cipro, and you should have all you need for that before getting one.
