How to get a clown fish to host a anemone?
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Reef1589
Anemones for life
these are just things ive heard that have worked for some people
1) tape a pic of clownfish in an anemone on the glass (never worked for me)
2) shining a light above the anemone when the lights are off overnight
3) seperate the two from the bigger tank and isolate the 2 together in a smaller tank kinda forced hosting, but could be dangerous (i never done it)
but a gig is the tru host for a percula i beleive, ive heard of people waiting 2 years before their percs hosting a bta..
i had a pair of percs for a couple months, and htey didnt bother with my bta, so i went out and got the natural host to the bta (maroon clownfish) , and they hosted within a couple of hours..
hope this helps
1) tape a pic of clownfish in an anemone on the glass (never worked for me)
2) shining a light above the anemone when the lights are off overnight
3) seperate the two from the bigger tank and isolate the 2 together in a smaller tank kinda forced hosting, but could be dangerous (i never done it)
but a gig is the tru host for a percula i beleive, ive heard of people waiting 2 years before their percs hosting a bta..
i had a pair of percs for a couple months, and htey didnt bother with my bta, so i went out and got the natural host to the bta (maroon clownfish) , and they hosted within a couple of hours..
hope this helps
zac312
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these are just things ive heard that have worked for some people
1) tape a pic of clownfish in an anemone on the glass (never worked for me)
2) shining a light above the anemone when the lights are off overnight
3) seperate the two from the bigger tank and isolate the 2 together in a smaller tank kinda forced hosting, but could be dangerous (i never done it)
but a gig is the tru host for a percula i beleive, ive heard of people waiting 2 years before their percs hosting a bta..
i had a pair of percs for a couple months, and htey didnt bother with my bta, so i went out and got the natural host to the bta (maroon clownfish) , and they hosted within a couple of hours..
hope this helps
number three is to riskey and takes up to much time i cant do number 1 because i ran out of ink in my printer ill try number 2 though
kingfisherflesh
New member
I have heard that big wholesalers/importers/stores will float the anemone (you have seen them being floated in LFS's most likely) and just put the clownfish in there with them.
I will be doing this in a couple weeks most likely, and have been told that the success rate is over 90%...I think it is probably the easiest way.
I will be doing this in a couple weeks most likely, and have been told that the success rate is over 90%...I think it is probably the easiest way.
organism
code monkey
+1, I've seen that one work tons of times as long as the anemone is healthy, or just put it into a tiny tank that's just big enough for the clown and the nem for a few days.
zac312
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my clowns hang out on the left top corner of my tank and the anemone is on a rock on the right bottom corner of my 4ft tank.
zac312
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my printer ran out of ink like 4 months ago and we never replaced it
kingfisherflesh
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Method of choice by the biggest, and most professional saltwater importer in the nation, or at least in my mind. Quality Marine.
zac312
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my guess is the reason there not hosting it is because they are so far away ive never seen my clown's leave the left corner of the tank for farther than a foot and the nem was all the way on the other side of them tank so what i did is if the clowns are not going to go to the nem i will bring the nem to the clowns so i moved the rock that the nem was on now they are about 5in away from each other so lets hope this works
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zac312
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over the course of the last 5 min or so they have been slowly getting closer to the nem lets hope this works
kingfisherflesh
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Squirt small portions of food into the anemone...this will encourage them to come as close as possible, and hopefully even bump into it.
davocean
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That I can agree with.
Once they discover it and hopefully become curious they will accept that as host.
davocean
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There are other ways of getting a pic if you wanted to try that method, neighbors/friends/library.
davocean
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You're talking about what a business does that needs sales and expects a certain amount of losses.
This is a very different situation compared to someone here that has purchased and become attached to their one pair of clowns, and asking for safe and sound advice.
zac312
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so far the male has been getting real close the the anemone and i put some food by the anemone and he went and bit one of the tenticles of the anemone
