Getting clowns to host

[Thizzelle686]

What is the best way to get my clowns to host my frogspawn coral. Are there any tricks to getbthem to host what coral/anemone you want.

 

[kimsie]

I don't think so... Could be wrong - but I think the clowns will do what the clowns want to do

 

[Thizzelle686]

I currently have a big picture of a clown in frogspawn taped to the side of my tank. I figured it couldnt hurt. I also try to feed them right above the frogspawn. I dont know if any of it works but it is all worth a try.

 

[kimsie]

I have heard of the picture thing - maybe Good luck!


Keep us posted!!

 

[6 man reef]

If that picture thing works I need a picture of a Rose anem with perc's in it.....LOL

 

[Jeff]

Actually its the other way around. the anemone hosts the clowns. But to answer your question, I dont think that there is anything you can do to help things along.

 

[Beng]

Here's the fastest and pretty much a guarantee way to get your
clowns to start hosting in an anemone.

What you need is a trainer clown. Find a clown, borrow or buy,
that already knows how to host in an anemone. Put it in the same
tank as the clown that are trying to train. In a couple of weeks,
POOW, clown hosting in anemone.

This is not a guarantee but it has never fail for me, I've done it
with 6 pairs of clowns, 100% success. Basically the monkey saying also applys to clowns, monkey see monkey do, in this case
clownfish see, clownfish do.

If you do try this, please only pair small male to small male or
male to female only, NO female to female - they may try to kill each other.

This beats waiting 6 months or a year hoping that your clowns will
host someday.

And if your clown never host, it's NO big deal, the magical sight of
a clown wiggling in an anemone is amazing but it does get old
fairly quickly.

Beng

 

[dc]

Just be patient and with any luck they may go into it.

 

[Thizzelle686]

CAN SOME ONE PLEASE POST I PICTURE OF A CLOWN HOSTING FROGSPAWN?

 

[skippy2]

 

[Jeff]

My Ora Naked Clowns love my ORA Duncans. Coincidence.

 

[lil urchin]

Here's the fastest and pretty much a guarantee way to get your
clowns to start hosting in an anemone.

What you need is a trainer clown. Find a clown, borrow or buy,
that already knows how to host in an anemone. Put it in the same
tank as the clown that are trying to train. In a couple of weeks,
POOW, clown hosting in anemone.

This is not a guarantee but it has never fail for me, I've done it
with 6 pairs of clowns, 100% success. Basically the monkey saying also applys to clowns, monkey see monkey do, in this case
clownfish see, clownfish do.

If you do try this, please only pair small male to small male or
male to female only, NO female to female - they may try to kill each other.

This beats waiting 6 months or a year hoping that your clowns will
host someday.

And if your clown never host, it's NO big deal, the magical sight of
a clown wiggling in an anemone is amazing but it does get old
fairly quickly.

Beng

that's what i've heard too, but it's good to have confirmation. is this with only good with training one or two at a time - what if you have a small brood of young clowns, can you train them all at the same time? in the wild an anemone hosts a male and female and then a bunch of undecideds...
how young can you train them?

 

[Dukester]

i found after months of no hosting that simply relocating a Bubbletip to the exact spot my clown slept at night worked for me.. that night the clown went straight to bed in his normal spot and the clowns havent left the anemone since.