clowns and gbta

[reeferman00]

is there any way to encourage a host?

 

[jkrentz2515]

You could try feeding by the gbta more. Some people have had success taping pictures of clowns hosting in a bta. It's all instinct though if they do host. I'm assuming these clowns are ocellaris or percs.

 

[reeferman00]

yeh they are perculas

 

[Lmecher]

I thought it was just a photo if another clown to frighten the clown into the anemone.
Have you tried feeding the clown close to the anemone? That will at least get it to notice the anemone.
Aside from these little tricks there is really not much more you can do, time will tell.

 

[rniedzia]

someone suggested to me following techniques:

a) put anemone and clownfish in a bucket for 1 hr - easier said than done since getting both of them out of the tank is not easy, it can be done when you buy both of them at the same time.

b) using a fisherman net try to limit the water space to introduce clowns to anemone.

my personal success was to place/drop food over anemone. eventually my pair realized that anemone is for them.

 

[NirvanaFan]

My ocellaris didn't host my GBTA until I moved from my apartment to my house. The stress of the move made them go in I think. I moved the tank on Saturday and just threw the rock in the tank and didn't aquascape. Obviously the clowns were stressed. I woke up Sunday morning, and the clowns were swimming in the GBTA.

I think the picture does the same thing. It frightens and stresses the clowns out and they seek out cover.

 

[amadillo]

just be patient, could be a week could be a year