Nem ID and info?

[Saltydrip]

Here is the type in question...

I know it's a carpet, $70 and that about it.
This is not the nem I'm considering. This one sold actually the one he has now is more even and darker green and the mouth is darker and closed tight.

If its still there and in good health next Friday I might buy it. I have a pair of ocellarus clowns that won't host my gbta. The gbta is on the small side and is not in an area of the tank the clowns frequent. They like the more open areas on the ends of the tank. They host just about every tuft of GHA in the tank but that's all just about taken care of now and they are defending the last little tuft like its made of gold!! I feel bad actually. The reason I had the outbreak was because I let them have a small tuft and one week it just started spreading like wild fire and took over. It's nearly gone and I would like to get the little guys a proper host .

I do have several zoas, hammer, Xenia and GSP in there as well. Will the nem get along ok?

 

[Saltydrip]

This is my tank . I would try to put it in the left hand back corner. It should stay there seeing how the current has a nice gentle flow threw there. Plus that's the clowns favorite area and when I feed I dump the food in just in front of the power head and it would rain down on the nem.

 

[Saltydrip]

I should also ask if its a good host for my clowns or should I becoming for a different type of nem?

 

[Saltydrip]

My homeless clowns

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

the anemone in the pic is Stichodactyla haddoni and is NOT a natural host for your Clownfish which appear to be Amphiprion percula

Sarcophyton ("Toadstool" corals) make an excellent substitute host for Clownfish. Yellow Sarco + Clownfish = beautiful easy to care for seldom seen combo

 

[Saltydrip]

Thanks for the info. Toadstool is on my list of things I would like to have in my tank but just haven't found one I really like. I'll move it to my must have list since I don't be buying that carpet now.

 

[e46slc]

I know a haddoni is not a natural host but my percula hosts my red haddoni. It took a few weeks but once it found it, she's always in it.

 

[bradleym]

The issue isn't so much the clown as it is the carpet. Haddonis are known to suddenly turn on the clowns they are hosting and decide to eat them. If you get the natural symbiote this is much less likely, but it is dangerous to keep a Percula or Occelaris in a Haddoni.