FAQ's are down? Good clowns for rbta?

[ahullsb]

I am buying a rbta fairly soon. What species of clown will host it? I've been getting mixed opinions for example with Saddleback Clowns...which was my first choice. I just want something other than Ocellaris clowns. Like maroons, or true percs, or clarkii's etc.

 

[TheVillageIdiot]

Clarkii's will host anything...

Maroons will host BTA's, in fact, Premnas only hosts E. Quadricolor in the wild, however, they are a fiesty clown.

True percs are not natural hosts for BTAs...

btw, I'd wait on adding the clowns. I wish I had done this. Leave the BTA in the tank and feed it and let it grow to a nice size before introducing it to any clowns...

hth,

Matt

 

[ahullsb]

That is the plan. Thanks for the info.

 

[GSMguy]

maroons and BTA is what looks right to me

 

[Duddly01]

Clarkiis will certainly host in a RBTA. Heck, they'll host almost anything.

 

[ahullsb]

I've thought about maroons also. I thought I read something about them being hard to pair? Or was I dreaming? I've always thought the yellow striped maroons were cool

 

[Slakker]

They can be harder to pair due to their aggressive nature.

 

[ahullsb]

do you have any idea what a reasonable price would be for two that are already paired? If not I'm assuming there is some technique for trying that I need to research!

 

[GSMguy]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1045296

 

[ahullsb]

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for!