My RBTA and little Tomato Clown

[lclark209]

So I got this little clown hoping he would hang out with a small GBTA that I'm trying to color back up after being bleached by a LFS. The little nem was getting his food stolen by a pesky cleaner shrimp. Anyway, the smallest tomato clown they had was in a sump and the lady at the LFS said he'd been there since he was brought in by someone that breeds clowns a year ago. So he was tank bred and had never seen an anemone...she warned me he may never take to a nem. I brought him home and he decided he liked my bubble coral, hairy mushroom...and would sleep on the little nem.

Clown and Bubble Coral

Clown and Mushroom

Catchin' some ZZZs

And about a month ago I got an RBTA. The new nem wasn't in the tank 20 minutes and the clown was all over him. He never leaves the nem now. I just think its funny that this little clown that had never known an anemone, has taken so quickly to my RBTA but other clowns take months.

In the tank about an hour

In the tank about 24-hours

Today

Sorry for the poor quality of the pics. Taken with a cell phone. I think my next "fish tank allowance" money will go to a nice digital camera...

 

[buddythelion]

Most people have hard time getting the percs and occ to host since the quadricolor nem isn't their natural host. My tomato clown hosted everything it could just like yours!

 

[lclark209]

So are the BTAs a natural host to tomato's?

 

[buddythelion]

I'm not sure about natural host, but tomatos aren't picky when it comes to home shopping that's for sure.