best anemone for false percs???

[Monster00101]

I am going to get my first anemone this week and i have two false percs. Whats the best anemone for them i would really like if they hosted it?:thumbsup:

 

[elegance coral]

Of the host species, I wouldn't advise anything but a BTA as a first. It may take some time, but your ocellaris should go into it.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

First of all, they are called Ocellaris, not false perculas. :rollface:
Secondly, what kind of lighting do you have? How long has your tank been set up? How big is the tank? If the conditions are inadequate then anemones are out of question. STORY TIME! :lol2:

If you don't have a good enough home for an anemone, clownfish also will be hosted by other things. I have a pair of onyx clowns. They used to sleep in the corner together, but I added an anemone. The female took the anemone right away (withing 10 minutes since she was used to anemones while being raised), but the male never went in it. A few weeks later, I went to bring something to an LFS, and I bought a large frogspawn (8") and the male took that immediately. The female won't go in frogspawn and the male won't go into the anemone.

Mine were probably tank-raised with anemones present, but for tank-raised clownfish without seeing an anemone in there life, they could pick up on the idea, or they could completely avoid it for the rest of their lives! It all depends on the individual fish's personality. However, if they were wild-caught clowns (like my other pair) they know what an anemone is, what it does, and how the whole symbiosis (I personally think parasitism) thing works! However they hadn't been around any anemones for a year or more, so when I got my first RBTA they took 2 weeks to go into it. Clownfish have to build up a mucus layer so that the anemone won't sting them, and some clownfish, when bought with an anemone present, will keep that layer and quickly go into anemones. :thumbsup:

 

[Toddrtrex]

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Mine were probably tank-raised with anemones present, but for tank-raised clownfish without seeing an anemone in there life, they could pick up on the idea, or they could completely avoid it for the rest of their lives! It all depends on the individual fish's personality. However, if they were wild-caught clowns (like my other pair) they know what an anemone is, what it does, and how the whole symbiosis (I personally think parasitism) thing works! However they hadn't been around any anemones for a year or more, so when I got my first RBTA they took 2 weeks to go into it. Clownfish have to build up a mucus layer so that the anemone won't sting them, and some clownfish, when bought with an anemone present, will keep that layer and quickly go into anemones. :thumbsup:

Since you like criticizing people for their advise....

Clowns being tank raised has nothing to do with hosting -- it is an instinct and not a learned behavior.

 

[jeffscustomcage]

i have 2 TANK RAISED CLOWNS and they HOST MY ROSE BUBBLE TIP
it took 2 weeks for the to start to host it. got a good price from lfs on a tank raised rtba also.
TANK RAISED MARINE FISH IS BETTER FOR THE HOBBY

 

[Monster00101]

Will clowns host a purple lta?

 

[elegance coral]

Will clowns host a purple lta?

Yes. LTA's are host anemones.

 

[tufacody]

All the tank bred occelaris I have had have immediately gone for their native nems upon introduction, but only after quite a while (some years) have they gone into nems like BTA's. This implies to me that while instincts seem to be in play, there are also other factors influencing their decision. Its these other factors that I think are come into play, especially with CB fish.

 

[Monster00101]

First of all, they are called Ocellaris, not false perculas. :rollface:
Secondly, what kind of lighting do you have? How long has your tank been set up? How big is the tank? If the conditions are inadequate then anemones are out of question. STORY TIME! :lol2::

story time? Y would i lie to u? i didnt ask u if my tank was able to house one. Y would someone lie to just go out and spend the money to have it die on u anyway?

 

[Monster00101]

cool thanks the purple ltas probly my favorite. If im not mistaking they like the sand right?

 

[sneeyatch]

Yes - LTA's need a deep sand bed in order to be happy.

 

[Monster00101]

Thanks again mine is 4-5 inches deep is that deep enoughe?

 

[Toddrtrex]

What lights do you have?

Is the stock list in your sig correct? If so, in time you are going to have to get rid of the niger trigger -- going to get too big for that tank. Plus, triggers are messy eaters and will cause water quality issues in smaller tanks.

 

[Monster00101]

I have 6 t5s 3 actinics 3 10,000.

 

[Monster00101]

I am hoping he will stay small enoughe untill i can get my 150 up and running. How long do u think i have before he becomes a problem?

 

[MikeInToronto]

First of all, they are called Ocellaris, not false perculas. :rollface:

Maybe, I didn't understand the joke but A. ocellaris is commonly called "false percula". Or was there an inside joke I missed.

 

[ocellaris123]

Maybe, I didn't understand the joke but A. ocellaris is commonly called "false percula". Or was there an inside joke I missed.

No joke, they are commonly called false perculas by local fish stores, but the proper name is Ocellaris. Thats the problem with common names, as one fish can have 100 different names. Example clarkii clownfish are commonly called sebae clownfish in aquarium stores, and black saddlebacks usually sell as black perculas. Regardless the false percula; ocellaris name is not really that big of a deal to me since they are referring to the same species as opposed to the clarkii/sebae name confusion.