hosting

[lafrance]

I recently purchased a bubble tip anemone and my two clown fish are no way near interested in hosting the anemone. I am tempted to capture them and place them in a small container to see if they can host this fella.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

The clowns don't host anything, the anemone is the host. Also that anemone looks bleached, and your tank doesn't look very old. How long has your tank been setup, what are your water parameters and what lights do you have?

Also I can barely see your clowns so don't know if they're Occelaris or Perculas.

Sorry to sound so blunt but I just woke up and haven't had any coffee yet.

 

[kmbyrnes]

Your first concern should be for the nem, he doesn't look so good.
Secondly, your lights don't appear to have enough power to keep the nem alive. They need lots of really strong light.
If possible you should return the nem to your LFS and wait a while until your tank matures. Your tank should be 6 months to a year old before you try a nem again.
As for hosting, the clowns will find and use the nem in their own good time. I have had clowns that shoot into the nem before its food is settled and some that took weeks. Others have reported months going by.
This another time when patience is key.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Do you have a better picture of your anemone? From what I can tell from these pictures it doesn't appear to be a bubbletip. It appears to have a lot of branching on the tentacles, this is a concern and why I'd like to see a close up of the anemone.

 

[lafrance]

Its cool you are actually taking your time to help me so for that thanks. I had my tank for a year and the tank a 75 gallon. water salinity is 1.026, the lights are led's 2x 165 watts full spectrum, also i am running carbon reactor with gfo and i have a canister and a over flow box with a wet dry set up in the bottom. ammonia pretty low and also the nitrate and nitrite are keep in check with my water changes done bi weekly. I purchased the anemone like that a month ago it actually starting to get darker, my lack of knowledge about bleached anemone lead me to purchase it that way. the leather coral and the mushroom are growing and doing well. It's the anemone that worries me.

 

[snorvich]

Anemones host clownfish not clownfish host anemones. When you stay at a hotel, do you host the hotel?

 

[shifty51008]

When you say ammonia is pretty low, thats not a good sign, after the cycle you should never have a reading of ammonia. But i agree that it isnt a bubble tip anemone.

What brand lights do you have and what % are the setting?

Can you give us numbers for your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?

 

[shifty51008]

Also please dont force clowns into an anemone, it can hurt or kill the clowns. If you want the anemone to host clowns then get the correct clowns for the anemone you have.

 

[lafrance]

this is a update pic the ammonia is 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0 nitrite 0, and the ph level is between 7.8 and 8.0 salinity 1.026.

 

[lafrance]

I shall not force the fish to the anemone

 

[shifty51008]

Ok parameter's look good. That pic does look more like a bta.

How about your lights? What do you have them set at?

 

[davocean]

I would squirt some mysis towards that nem 2-3x a week to help it regain health and agree never force clowns into nems.

 

[CStrickland]

How about your lights? What do you have them set at?

+1
your tank shouldn't look so clean after a year. If there isn't enough light to grow stuff like coraline on the rocks, or anything on the sand, then there might not be enough light for the anemone.
Is there a sticker or logo on the lights that says what brand they are?
Usually they have a knob, Shifty is asking how high you have them turned up, like 50% or what?

PS I don't get why people care whether somebody says the clown or the nem hosts. We all understood your question.

 

[bryhan67]

Nice...

 

[davehead86]

+1
your tank shouldn't look so clean after a year. If there isn't enough light to grow stuff like coraline on the rocks, or anything on the sand, then there might not be enough light for the anemone.
Is there a sticker or logo on the lights that says what brand they are?
Usually they have a knob, Shifty is asking how high you have them turned up, like 50% or what?

PS I don't get why people care whether somebody says the clown or the nem hosts. We all understood your question.

Ive got cheap-o lights for my FOWLR and it grows coraline and algae in droves. I dont think that tank is a year old or if it is someone is cleaning it far too aggressively.

 

[lafrance]

the light are Galaxyhydro its set with the first channel which control the white, green, and red is set to 50. The second channel with blue and violet is set at 50. i actually do have coraline on the rocks its light though.

 

[lafrance]

the cleaning yes that what my friend told me i have to back off the cleaning its been running for a year also we recently moved and cleaned it before we reseted everything up again

 

[rfgonzo]

You've had your tank for a year? it looks to clean for a year old system.

 

[ClownFishGuy6]

Is that even a bubble tip? It looks more like a regular coral to me. And if its just a bad view and I am seeing it wrong and it is a bubble tip then just give them time. They'll host it eventually

 

[lafrance]

ok i will give it time and keep updates on how everything goes