Any help......New guy clown question

[shackman]

I have a tank that is about 4 months old with two ocellaris clowns which I just bought about two weeks ago. My question is does it matter what you put in first, the clowns or anemone in order for your best chance for the fish to host.

 

[NirvanaFan]

The fish will go into the anemone when they're ready. There really isn't anything you can do. Make sure you provide a good environment with enough light for your anemone and they will probably take to it eventually. What kind of anemone do you have or which are you thinking of getting?

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[shackman]

I was thinking about the rose bubble tip, I have a small tank only 29g with the sunpod 150watt hqi. I think that will be enough light.

 

[sedor]

That's plenty of light for an anemone. Clowns also host in a variety of other corals such as frogspawn and sometimes even ricordia. Just an FYI.

 

[shackman]

I was also thinking about frogspawn looks pretty cool,what about the tank being only
29g will I have trouble with the anemone or frongspawn stinging anything becasue I want to have it stocked as much as I can.

 

[Ohiomom]

keep in mind that your clowns may never host the anemone too..my clowns host the heater in the tank..especially if they are tank raised. Not to mention they do not even NEED an anemone so it is not like you must buy one. Just an fyi..