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that tank raised clowns are less likely to host anemones?
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Is it true...
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Was this a question of curiousity or did someone implement this question in your mind?
Tank raised clowns have the instinct to host anemones just as much as wild caught clowns.
Tank raised clowns have the instinct to host anemones just as much as wild caught clowns.
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hahahaha........nope
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I wouldn't even say thats true generally speaking. I am sure it varies from species to species. My TB Clarkii clowns hosted my blue Haddoni as soon as I released them in the tank and yet I bought them from petco!!!
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I know there is one out there that will disagree with us. 
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I was speaking broadly, in a general sense, i stated it as a fact, which was wrong, Ime WC clowns are more apt to host anemones than they're CB counterparts. It also depends on species of clown.
Another factor would be anemone type, for instance, Ocellaris and Perculas and long tentacle anemones. For some reason both WC and CB take a long time or never will host the lta. Yet, both species will host a bta a lot faster Ime, even though neither are natural hosts.
There are alot of factors, but for the general question he asked. No, eventually i find most clowns will host most anemones. Time frame wasn't a part of the question.
Another observance.
I recently acquired a adhesive anemone, which supposedly host Clarkii clowns in the wild, yet, of the three pairs of clarkii i have, all different "variety", none have come anywhere near to hosting it. They act like it's not even an anemone and would rather host a rock. Why is this? Honestly who knows...
I believe it really depends on the clown, environment, and type of anemone personally.
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Another factor would be anemone type, for instance, Ocellaris and Perculas and long tentacle anemones. For some reason both WC and CB take a long time or never will host the lta. Yet, both species will host a bta a lot faster Ime, even though neither are natural hosts.
There are alot of factors, but for the general question he asked. No, eventually i find most clowns will host most anemones. Time frame wasn't a part of the question.
Another observance.
I recently acquired a adhesive anemone, which supposedly host Clarkii clowns in the wild, yet, of the three pairs of clarkii i have, all different "variety", none have come anywhere near to hosting it. They act like it's not even an anemone and would rather host a rock. Why is this? Honestly who knows...
I believe it really depends on the clown, environment, and type of anemone personally.
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Yes, I was thinking too that it depends on the species of clownfish.
I agree with this. But overall, I believe TB clowns have just as much as the instinct to host an anemone as WC clowns. The only real reason why WC clowns may be more apt to host an anemone is probably because they have had experience with them in the wild while most TB clowns havn't unless they came from a tank that had anemones in it.
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Most likely because they are trying to be funny.
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