Clown question
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Nataliek2270
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Nice Choice! I like the white spot, very cool 
I like the look of naked clowns and these 2 are very beautiful! Are they percs or occs?
I like the look of naked clowns and these 2 are very beautiful! Are they percs or occs?
clownaround2
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Very nice looking!!! Cute, that one has white cheeks. Very unique looking pair. Great choice!
Nataliek2270 yours are pretty sweet, too.
Nataliek2270 yours are pretty sweet, too.
3steele
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thank you they haven't hosted on anything yet. Does that take a long time? They have paired up it seems I bought them they were in 2 separate tanks and now there dancing around each other. They will eat pellets out of my fingers tho and when I bring food out they skim across the water with there little mouths sticking out there really cool. When I wanna just feed them I just hold a few pieces of food between my fingers and they will come get it.
Nataliek2270
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I have had mine for almost a month now, and they are still not hosting in my frogspawn. I have heard it can take months, it's all up to the clown's "discovering" the coral. I have heard that if you shine a flashlight at night on the coral it may get the clowns host faster, but I have yet to try it and don't know the validity of this trick. Mine had only a week of fighting before they started swimming around together like old pals so hopefully yours are becoming a pair. I used a breeder net to put the bully in for a few hours a day so the smaller one could recoup after being chased around. Seems that did the trick if they do start fighting. Keep us updated! They are very beautiful, I am a sucker for unique-ness.
3steele
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Well they don't fight at all they are the exact same size when I got them that's why I picked the ones I did. They look like there dancing but never any nipping. I will try the flashlight idea and tell you how it works cause I sit in front of my aquarium with a flashlight almost every night I like to see all the weird stuff. Like last night I found 2 little baby snails.
clownaround2
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It's fun to see all the little critters. Just hate those nasty huge bristleworms. Added a maroon resently and it took him 2-3 days to get used to the LTA, thats been in my tank forever. The LTA didn't sting me, but the clown. It was funny to see him jump, everytime the LTA touched him. Now he loves it. I think the anemone is healthier with him, because now when I touch it by accident, it stings me.
just a hammer and a frogspawn
3steele
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well I had a chance to go ahead and try the flash light idea they followed the light but not into the hammer. Very close tho. I also noticed this very strange looking critter on the back glass. He was moving almost like a snail. Looked more like a foot cause he would move like an inch worm instead of a smooth glide. He looks hard on the sides almost like a clam. very bumpy tho to tell the truth shaped just like moth wings. The middle of him tho looks like a white fuzz ball. Ive never seen it anywhere and I cant get a picture of it in the dark. He seemed to move very quickly from the light. Weirdest thing Ive ever seen in any aquarium I might add I will try and catch a pic but if its not to hot sorry.
clownaround2
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I don't know, what it could be. Hard to picture it. Clowns don't need an anemone to be happy. Without one, I think they swim around more....so you can see them better. 
Nataliek2270
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Be patient, it can take a while Go to the main Anem & Clownfish page and look at the "Ocellaris Hosts" Thread. It took this persons clowns 3 months to find and start hosting in his RBTA and now his male has decided to move to his torch coral for a host! I think it takes longer for tank bred clowns to host in things as well, since in the wild they are raised in or near a nem. Tank bred are usually more resilient, but will probably take longer to realize their instincts for hosting in corals/nems.
I would try the flashlight thing whenever you can IMO, sounds like it could work if you stick with it. I will start trying it myself since the clowns follow it around, good luck!
Go to the main Anem & Clownfish page and look at the "Ocellaris Hosts" Thread. It took this persons clowns 3 months to find and start hosting in his RBTA and now his male has decided to move to his torch coral for a host! I think it takes longer for tank bred clowns to host in things as well, since in the wild they are raised in or near a nem. Tank bred are usually more resilient, but will probably take longer to realize their instincts for hosting in corals/nems.I would try the flashlight thing whenever you can IMO, sounds like it could work if you stick with it. I will start trying it myself since the clowns follow it around, good luck!
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3steele
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Well the clowns started getting black dots and I looked on here and figured out that its caused by them starting to host on a coral. Which was interesting because I've seen them near the hammer but not actually in it. Well I woke up this morning and checked the tank with a flashlight before the lights came on and found the host coral and was a bit surprised. My little Favia frag! They have been hosting on it at night when it puts its tentacles out. Will they hurt it? I've never seen or heard of clowns hosting on them all though its kind of neat I can see them and there not hiding away in a big bushy coral!
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3steele
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thank you found out the the one is a misbar but its called a white cheek misbar its cute! its interesting they eat out my hand they play tag and they stay out and swim around the aquarium all day and snooze in the favia frag i have that isnt any bigger 2inches so its really funny to see 2 clowns trying to get in it but really neat cause i get to see them all day!
