How can I get Clownfish interested in an Anemone?

[herring_fish]

That is a beautiful Bue Anemone. A s. gigantea? How much do those things run. ($)

Long ago, I read an article that steered me away from big anemones but I don't remember what the objections were. I guess that you would disagree with detractors. What are some of the down sides of having one of those things, and are they false fears?

They ARE great looking.

 

[herring_fish]

I caught the Yellow Gold Striped Clown fish.

I caught the Yellow Gold Striped Clown fish.

I put a net over the Rose Anemone for a few days and the big clown went to its old home. Luckily, it was on the front glass. I tried to catch it when it was in the anemone but it was to leery and too fast so I waited until the end of the night and turn off all the lights except for the TV. The light of the TV was coming from a direction that only helped me. It was so easy to catch him then.

Now I have only the 4 perculas, the smaller pair and the larger. The smaller pair went into the Rose and one of the other pair keeps trying to kick the other two out. I am going to let them sort it all out. Although they gently skirmish, I don't think that any of them are under too much stress.

One hour one pair is in the Rose, and then the other pair is there. Then one of the smaller pair is in each anemone while the big pair go back to hanging out at the mushroom rock.

Go figure.

 

[rssjsb]

How big is this tank?

 

[herring_fish]

130 gallons with a 55 gallon sump that is full of coral rubble and a 2 gallon dump bucket.

 

[Maximo123]

Just let nature do its thing. It happens in the wild and knowbody forces it so let it be.

 

[mnchartier]

i put them in the net and then just cover the anemone....works every time. My tank with the "ritterrye" anemone they go straight to for some reason. lol

The net is a bad idea it's good way to loose your fishto the anemone, also if its a maroon clown their check spines can get caught in the net and cause serious damage Also the Ritteri is a natural host for percs and occys which I'm guess is the type of clowns you have. When every I added a natural host the clowns have been in the host within minutes.

 

[mindi]

Natural

Natural

My experience is too little to offer advice but can report that my 2 Perculas completely ignored my BTA for at least 3-4 weeks...would not even look at it. The BTA and the Clowns had all been put in together.Then one night they suddenly moved in ..?
What intrigued me was that in the 3-4 weeks other fish like Coral Beauty showed a lot of curiosity towards the BTA...the Perculas seemed to conspicuously ignore it.

 

[deangelr]

Put both the anemone and this fish in 5g tank with nothing else in it.. 60% of the time it works every time

 

[marthin]

I played youtube for my clowns and they were in there within a few days

 

[DENIZSEAMAR]

^ +1. It has to do a little with the chemical discharge of the anemone. The best way to explain this is the white substance that spews from an anemone. If the clown becomes compliant of this substance and comes in contact with it, the anemone will recognize it as its own and not FOOD!

I dunno anything about chemical discharge but this morning my Sand Anemone had white stringy things that coming out its mouth and tonight one of my true percula babies entered to anemone. But second true percula, the bigger one, hasnt entered yet. Will she enter it eventually or she may never enter?