Clown Fish and Coral?

[Jhigga15]

Hello everyone,
I have 3 small clownfish (percula) and they spend time on my open brain coral and in my frog span. I would say probally 3 hours out of 24 they are with the corals. I wake up andIi see that the fish are chillin on the brain. Is this healthy for the corals. I had a Carpet anomene and it was pretty rough for my 29 gallon. The Clown fish had a better realtionship with the coarls than the carpet.

if it's not healthy for my corals can some one suggest a anomene that is not very agressive and that looks nice?

Thanks,

 

[sir_dudeguy]

different clowns go for different anems. Some dont even like anems. Lots of clowns go in other corals. The brain will be fine. The frogspawn probably will be too, but sometimes those types (frogspawn, hammer, torch) can be irritated by clowns.

But i would take one of your clowns out. When they mature and one turns to female, there will be problems and you'll end up w/only 2 anyways.

I've had great luck with my toadstool leather. The clowns seem to stay away from my hammer (probably not even big enough) and stick to the toadstool.

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

rose bta would be nice

 

[cdangel0]

Double post - sorry.

 

[cdangel0]

Had a RBTA that my percual wouldn't go anywhere near. Put a tomato clown in and it began hosting the rose in about a day.

 

[iggyman1971]

I had a pair of Ocelaris that loved a large patch of GSP

 

[Rosseau]

My clown hosts my mag float..... sigh.....

 

[GS-Rock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9457903#post9457903 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rosseau
My clown hosts my mag float..... sigh.....

lol well at lease its not a powerhead!

 

[sunfish11]

But i would take one of your clowns out. When they mature and one turns to female, there will be problems and you'll end up w/only 2 anyways.

This is not true. They can exist small groups I have a group of three. One female, one male, and one unsexed juvenile. The female is 3years and the other two are nearing 2 years old. The third clown will remain an unsexed juvenile indefinitely unless you lose one of the main pair. If you lose the female your male will change to female and the juvenile will change to a male. My juvenile is allowed to help clean out the home and sleep with the other two but usually spends the day at least 6 inches from the others. They do not pick on it. In the popular book entitled "Clownfish" the author speaks of a group of 4 she has which the third juvenile helps take care of the eggs. The 4th fish is named 'go away' because it isn't allowed to close to the home. Mine appear to be getting ready to spawn as the male is finally getting old enough to be sexually mature. I am curious to see if they let the juvenile participate in caring for the eggs as they have let him help clean up the egg laying area. In the wild they live in groups rather than soley in pairs. There is often a family unit of a dominant female and male and several juveniles in a single anenome. Thus a wild caught "juvenile" could potentially be 10 years old because they will never develop unless one of the dominant pair dies and it is next in the order to acend.

Note: According to the book "Clownfish" the Clarkii clown is an exception and you may get more than one female in a group.

Lisa