My clown is hosting on a rock!

[keith10]

Today my pecula clown started hosting on a rock. I find that odd. Is it common for that to happen. And if I added a anemone do you think it would host in it instead?

 

[Kentech5]

Clowns will decide to be hosted by most anything: rock, corners, overflows, returns, and the odd coral. Adding an anemone is no guarantee the clown will leave its cozy rock.

 

[boojumsnark25]

Somewhat common at least, but still really neat to watch

 

[bat21]

My pair also host a rock. They don't really have a choice since it's a fowler. But they are quite happy with their rock. The male spends lots of time chasing away the neon goby that loves to perch on their rock. I'm 99% sure the goby just does it to mess with them.

 

[TyHoward]

Mine host the back corner of my aquarium lol it's not very exciting

 

[davocean]

If you don't have something to host your clowns like an anemone or soft coral they will usually pick an area or object to call their own space.
Best results for a clown accepting a host nem is a natural host match as to what type of anemone that species would be found in the wild, though many will choose an alternative of some kind.

 

[Martini5788]

Mine host a big hole they made in the sand bed. They literally fanned away all the sand in the front corner of the tank. Drives
Me absolutely nuts. Gets sand everywhere because God forbid some sand gets blown back into the corner.

 

[OllieNZ]

Mine host a big hole they made in the sand bed. They literally fanned away all the sand in the front corner of the tank. Drives
Me absolutely nuts. Gets sand everywhere because God forbid some sand gets blown back into the corner.

Lol you want to try African cichlids, my mbuna were forever digging and filling in each others spawning pits. And my N. Brevis were bulldozers with fins.

 

[jd371]

Mine host the top corner, the same corner where there is a BTA right below them.

 

[oseymour]

My orange clownfish, (not sure what type) were the first ever saltwater fish I bought.

In the 4 years I've had them, they hosted my powerheads, rocks, duncan coral, xenia, colt coral and my leather coral. All that time they ignored every type of anemone I had in the tank.

I had another pair of black and white clownfish that hosted every type of anemone I had in the tank almost immediately.

 

[juniorrocketdad]

Welcome to clownfish, they are honestly morons in captivity

 

[Nina51]

my clowns are hosted by a lavender mushroom. she lays her eggs on the backside of the rock.

Mine host a big hole they made in the sand bed. They literally fanned away all the sand in the front corner of the tank. Drives
Me absolutely nuts. Gets sand everywhere because God forbid some sand gets blown back into the corner.

have you checked the nearby rocks for eggs? my pair started doing this when they began spawning. the crater in the sand is right below the rock where she lays her eggs.

 

[Martini5788]

my clowns are hosted by a lavender mushroom. she lays her eggs on the backside of the rock.







have you checked the nearby rocks for eggs? my pair started doing this when they began spawning. the crater in the sand is right below the rock where she lays her eggs.

Haven't seen any. They could have laid some on the glass in the corner and I wouldn't be able to see it. But they have done this in the last 3 tanks they have been in. Ridiculous fish. I was planning on having zoas on rocks on the bottom near that corner but
I can't because there is sand all over the rocks grrrrr