Clownfish to Host Bubble Tip Anemones

[goldmullet]

Hey I have 2 clownfish and a bubble tip Anemones. They have been in the tank for about a week but the wont go near the Anemones. Any idea on how to get them to host it?

Thanks so much

 

[ReeferBill]

Clowns and Anenomes?

Clowns and Anenomes?

Try feeding the anenome with a turkey bastor and mysis and let the clowns get their fill from going into or around the anenome and see what happens.:dance:

 

[bues0022]

Patience.

 

[Mr.Maska]

I think the type of clown is a great factor as well, ive had best results with maroon clowns with bubble tip anemones. hope this helps. Also ive use a kind of training tool years ago that ive had great success with. Id put the anemone in the front corner of the tank, cut a 5 gallon bucket at a 90% so it covers the corner and anemone like a containment area, catch the clown and put him in the containment area with the anemone. If the 5 gallon bucket is scribed properly the fish will not be able to get out. I just put a little rock on top of the bucket to secure it. I drilled tons and tons and tons of holes in the bucket for water flow and such. Ive had great success within a week doing this multiple times. Hope this helps.

 

[e46slc]

I've heard of people isolating the nem and the clown fish in a little quarantine tank and that seems to help "nudge" the clowns to host. It took my clowns about a week and a half to find the gbta. Now they won't even venture away from it, they're always in it or around it.

 

[bues0022]

Is personally disagree, and actually recommend NOT attempting a confinement method to introducing your clowns to an anemone. Clownfish need to build their slime coat, and forcing them together without a safe way for the fish to escape the sting. Depending on the species of Clownfish and anemone, the fish can actually be killed. It's best IMHO to be patient and let nature take its course.

 

[Mr.Maska]

Is personally disagree, and actually recommend NOT attempting a confinement method to introducing your clowns to an anemone. Clownfish need to build their slime coat, and forcing them together without a safe way for the fish to escape the sting. Depending on the species of Clownfish and anemone, the fish can actually be killed. It's best IMHO to be patient and let nature take its course.

I agree, was willing to take that risk tho, and has worked. The contained area and size of anemone wasn't to to isolated tho. There was room for swimming.

 

[zeeter]

Is personally disagree, and actually recommend NOT attempting a confinement method to introducing your clowns to an anemone. Clownfish need to build their slime coat, and forcing them together without a safe way for the fish to escape the sting. Depending on the species of Clownfish and anemone, the fish can actually be killed. It's best IMHO to be patient and let nature take its course.

+1

Never want to force the issue. They say some clowns will just never host in an anemone, but I disagree and just think that the conditions have to be right. Plus the health of the anemone makes a difference.

 

[lionfish300]

Just let it be, clown will come when it ready to

 

[Brewchief]

I had a pair of Occelaris clowns in a tank with 3 bta for almost a year and they never went in the nems. I just moved the btas to my new tank and left the Ocellaris pair in the old one.
Tuesday I bought a pair of Clarkii clowns from the lfs and in two days one of them was already hosting in one of the Rbta. He slept in it last night. It's a cool thing to see, the relationship between the clown and the nem!

 

[Da Saltwater DJ]

I tried the trap method , all was totally a waste of time . I just notice by accident , one of my clowns hosting my RBTA last night . I guess patients is the key ..... I just saw my clown do it again today , only with the lights off , so hopefully in a week or so both will go right in it with the lights on .

 

[aadil96]

It would be great to put the clowns in another tank with the bubble tip anenome until it feels comfortable going into it! A small tank would allow for the most success.

 

[velvetelvis]

I tried the trap method , all was totally a waste of time . I just notice by accident , one of my clowns hosting my RBTA last night . I guess patients is the key ..... I just saw my clown do it again today , only with the lights off , so hopefully in a week or so both will go right in it with the lights on .

Exactly. Watching a clownfish wallowing happily in an anemone is one of the most entertaining sights available, and the reason a lot of people get into (or stay in) this hobby.

But there's no way of forcing a clownfish to be hosted by an anemone. Some clownfish species seem to take to a host more readily than others, but nothing is guaranteed. You're dealing with living creatures that have their own agendas, and what they want may not jibe with what you want. The more patient and accepting you can be, the more success you'll enjoy.

 

[stefannie]

Question: I have 2 Percula Clownfish that have been with a carpet anemone for about 3 years. . Will they move to the new bubble tip or stay with their carpet?

 

[GT350pwns]

Patience is the best method. It took my ocellaris clowns close to 2 months to notice the bta after it was introduced into the tank. My b&w female goes in and during the day but the male has started sleeping inside of the nem at night.