Can this be real?

[Dummyforclownfi]

I have heard of clownfish having a symbiotic relationship with certain corals, especially torch corals, in the absence of an anemone. But could this actually be happening with my candy cane? I kid you not, my clown is acting like my candy cane is his anemone. He spends most of his time between 3 of the heads. He rubs himself all over them and cleans them up. He sleeps on them. Sometimes he looks like he's dying or dead, just laying on a side of them but then gets up and starts moving everywhere. Could he be actually trying to get the frag to host it? Never heard of a candy cane doing this? And this has been going on for a week now. Really weird.

 

[yamanailesi]

 

[madweazl]

Had a gold stripe maroon that wouldnt leave a bubble coral alone (ended up dying because it kept closing up) and our ocellaris that like a duncan and frogspawn until we got an RBTA.

 

[Grandlotus]

Mine are in a hammer coral.

 

[mpoletti]

Mine host in a pectinia even though I bought them a gold torch. Silly clowns.

 

[Dummyforclownfi]

Well at least those have tentacles. Mine don't. Its kinda weird if you ask me.

 

[cloak]

Mine are currently residing in a bubble coral. Before this it was a Duncan, but they were way to rough on the coral so I had to get rid of it.

 

[discocarp]

Mine is in a brain coral right now.

 

[duckmeat]

i have actually had them "host" my hydor koralia, and ive also had them let their bodies get sucked up against the grates of my overflow for....fun..... it seems... (guess thats y they are called clowns)

 

[Gsxr600]

the host doesnt need to have tentacles. they host wherever/around something they feel most comfortable.

 

[mixedreefjunky]

I had a skunk clown once that hosted a feather duster for years. The feather duster loved the attention.

 

[athompson]

My clown tried hard to host my duncan when i first got them, but the duncan wasnt having it. Currently my clown hangs out and sleeps in a colony of zoas. I think they will host just about anything lil

 

[Almondsaz]

When I had a colony of frilly mushrooms, my clowns hosted them. Now they host my duncan colony and he loves it.

 

[Rapture2]

Clowns will host hang thing from a bar stool to a power head.

 

[terrypercula]

Mine are currently residing in a bubble coral. Before this it was a Duncan, but they were way to rough on the coral so I had to get rid of it.

I'm having that problem now with my clowns and open brain.

 

[falconut]

My pair of ocellaris use my Dersa clam as a host. If I move it out of the corner, they rub and swim into it so much that it closes. In the corner it gets to open. They drive me crazy.

 

[reef_of_flames]

My clowns have hosted my toadstool, hammer, torch, and my RBTA. My ocellaris switches, but my perc stays with the nem.

 

[johnike]

My pair of Percs have 8 feet of tank, and tons of prospective hosts, but have stayed in the same corner for two years now.

 

[11sec76]

mine loves his torch coral

 

[Courtney13]

I was at my local fish store and was looking for something to host my two clowns. I was interested in this long tenticle looking coral but was told that the clowns would kill it if they chose to host it as they would get irritated and close. I ended up getting a local tentacle anemone (and a mushroom coral). Hoping it works out