Clown and anemone paring

[Bobby A.]

I have two clown that both were hosted in an anemone at the LFS I bought them and the anemone. I moved a while back and lost the anemone during the move. since then they have hosted in a torch coral and are killing it. so I decided to try another anemone. bought an awesome BTA but they wont go anywhere near it.... It has been about a year since I lost the anemone....

any suggestions on getting them to go back to the anemone??

Thanks ahead of time.

 

[jasonrp104]

Other than moving or removing the torch I got nothin'.

 

[Bobby A.]

wonderful....

 

[Jersey Bounce]

Perhaps try making a tube-shaped screen out of plastic craft canvas to slip over the torch coral (thus blocking the clowns' access, but not affecting the light/water accessible to the coral) in hopes that the clowns will look for a new host. Clowns can be rather stubborn when it comes to their 'nest' so you've got to find a way to incite them to find a new one.

 

[jasonrp104]

I was thinking maybe put a clown pic on the glass by the BTA. The clowns would probably go to chase the pic away and might dive into the BTA to hide after a few minutes.

That's just a wild brainstorm and it would be stressing the fish though.