Found his guy today, confirm ID and health?

[Daniel62]

Yes, Really!

 

[ssappington]

mine, which I also got at a Petco, was hosted by a saddleback clown in about 30 seconds! they loved each other dearly! unfortunately, the saddleback was a piggy and I watched him choke on some food (how do you give a fish the heimlich??)
they can and will eat critters in your tank, though! mine leaves everything alone except Kole tangs- he has eaten TWO of them!

 

[nemmy]

If the anemone is a natural host to the clowns you will have better luck with it NOT eating them. But some have done unnatural combinations without trouble. I bought a pair of clowns that reside in haddoni in nature just in case.

 

[DasCamel]

That is haddoni. And its as apt to eat the clowns as host them. They are predators and take anything that goes in them. That being said I have seen plenty of clowns being hosted by them just fine They do have very nasty stings and are very hard to get loose from skin. I would definitely wear gloves messing with things around it. All the fish eating and stinging aside they are wonderful creatures to have in a tank provided proper care. They like low flow and medium to high lighting. I feed mine every other day because I want it to grow but some never feed theirs and they do just fine. I feed raw table shrimp. They can grow up to three foot normally in the wild, but most will stay a foot and a half to two foot In a tank depending on feedings. Foot should be buried at the rock/sand interface when it settles down it should open up nicely. Watch for deflating for the next few days. Once settled it should not deflate, if it does repeatedly that's signs of sickness.

I'll post a pic later when the lights turn on, he seems to have buried the pedicle nicely in the area of the cave, about 2-3 inches of sand. Not fully open yet, not really contracted either.

Let's see how bright the fish in the tank are, they all seem aware of the new addition, one of the clowns is hanging out nearby.

 

[skinsfan1]

Hosts my Black Occ pair just fine. I've had it for about a year. It did eat my kole tang though. I did'nt see it just found the pile of bones.

 

[bjledbetter]

Tangs and gobys are the two most fish it seams to get ate by these anemones. All of my fish avoid it like its got the plague.

 

[DasCamel]

Day after pic.

Day after pic.

Update pic.

The mouth is closed, but looks swollen? He is well attached, leg is buried in the sand and rock, right in the cave opening.

When is the first feeding a good idea?

 

[OrionN]

You can feed him a small piece of food, size of pencil erase and see if he eat it well.

 

[DasCamel]

So cool!

So cool!

You can feed him a small piece of food, size of pencil erase and see if he eat it well.

Attempt one, my Lantern Basslet snagged it from the Haddoni, before it was pulled in. This Basslet is brave.

Attempt two, my clown fish tried to pry away one of two pieces. The Haddoni managed to get both. The process is amazing to watch.

In trying the clown got its tail slightly caught and pulled away. First contact, with the female. Don't think she was quite ready for it. How do clowns build up that initial immunity?