Nems and Snowflakes

[Reefinny]

I have a Green tipped purple bubble anemone and its been in the tank a few weeks. My snowflakes hang out inches away from it but have not hosted it yet.

Any way to "help" this event to happen? Tried feeding them close to it - they just dont go in it.

 

[Amoo]

BTA is not a natural host to Occe clowns, so time is your best bet my friend. Just give it time and if they decide they like it enough they'll move in, if not, then they won't.

 

[Reefinny]

I have one in my downstairs tank with a Maroon clown - he went right in. Oh well. I guess time will tell.

 

[Aussieiniowa]

I went down at pitch black and held a flash light on my seabae it took 5 days for one of the clowns to fall in love the other two weeks

 

[J2T]

I have one in my downstairs tank with a Maroon clown - he went right in. Oh well. I guess time will tell.

I do believe the BTA is a natural host for the maroon. With that being said, I have a pair of oscelaris in my 75g and it took them almost a year before they hosted the BTAs in there but the picasso in my 14g biocube ran into the BTA in there in about a week. Its a crap shoot for sure, but just give it time.

 

[Reefinny]

Man they hang out with in an inch of it! Ugh. Go in already!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I went down at pitch black and held a flash light on my seabae it took 5 days for one of the clowns to fall in love the other two weeks

I can confirm that this works.

 

[Aussieiniowa]

Awesome corals addiction is sorta felt silly doing it but when it happens you can throw on some Barry white can't get enough of my love baby lol

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Awesome corals addiction is sorta felt silly doing it but when it happens you can throw on some Barry white can't get enough of my love baby lol

Yeah my GF makes fun of me when I do it. It's silly but works. When it happens it's like a parent seeing his/her child take the first step walking. Ha.

 

[Reefinny]

Looks like it is finally starting to happen!!! It was rubbing against the stalk and underside today!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Looks like it is finally starting to happen!!! It was rubbing against the stalk and underside today!

Congrats!

 

[JP SPS]

Clownfish typically will copy behaviors they see in other clowns. If yours wont host in an anemone (most tank raised ones naturally wont) just go online and find a picture of clowns hosting in an anemone. Print it out and tape it on the front of the glass across from the anemone. Within a week or 2 they will get the idea. I have done the successfully twice.