Frogspawn/clownfish?

[Yodeling]

I recently saw a really cool thing at an LFS. A gigantic purple-tip frospawn (almost size of a basketball), hosting 2 black occelaris. The combination was amazing! The frogspawn did not seem negatively effected. The clowns would dive in and out and as you can imagine the frogspawn provided a much better cover than any anemone.

My question is, is this a common occurence? I'm sure it probably doesn't happen in the ocean, but given no anemone to host, is it likely that black occelaris will host in a frogspawn? I would like to try this combo.

 

[Chaloupa]

My false perculas host in a very very large green with pink tip frogspawn. It's very cool. I don't want to have an anemone in the tank they're in so it works well for me....all the behaviour without the headache of an anemone!

 

[GSMguy]

 

[GSMguy]

my percs love their froggy they will go into most lps they like open brain, big clams, hammers.
works well when you dont have an anemone or dont want one

 

[dernparker]

Cool! What kind of lighting do you need for the froggy? I have 48" Coralife Lunar Aqualight

(260W Total) 4X65W 4 Blue Moon Glow LED Lights

Is that enough? My clowns are liking te top part of the tank. I think my tang is pressuring them.....

Thanks,
Deb

 

[GSMguy]

get the tang out of the 72 gallon tank that is way to small for a tang it will attack an kill other fish you put in the tank

 

[luv2reef]

how many heads is your frogspawn, loks big enough I was just wondering how many heads and how you take care of it....does anyone know if they need really strong lighting?

 

[GSMguy]

they need medium lighting as its called mine was two heads and is now 8 or 9
it is big enough but my clowns are miniature they are 1 inch clowns

 

[dernparker]

Thanks for the advice. Tang need a new tank....

 

[Yodeling]

Awesome guys. Looks like I have a good chance of getting one to host... It's definitely less hassle than a BTA (I used to have one), and looks better too. I'll just have to wait till my purple-tip grows a bit larger.

Thanks for the info!