Non-Anenome Hosting for Clowns???

[wvdiscus]

I have a 55 gallon that has been up and running since Nov. 2005. I currently have 2 Ocellaris clown fish along with some snails and zoas ( am taking it VERY slow). My question is this; I have PC lighting, I know ideally that clownfish host with anenomes, I also know my tank is not old enough nor does it have the proper lighting needed to house an anenome. I have read several post about people wondering if their clowns hosting with something other than an anenome is normal and the answer always seems to be "YES". So I want to know, what is a good addition to put in my tank to host my clowns?

Thanks.

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

my clowns host my mushrooms. but alot of ppl have them host leathers, hammers, frogspawn. and all kinds of soft corals.

 

[SerLunchbox]

I have heard the same thing. I have seen a store that clowns have hosted on frogspawn as well

 

[theop]

They may host any of the above, and in addition xenia or even zoanthids/button polyps. However, there is no way to "make" them host and no guarantee that they will ever decide to host anything.

I have one ocellaris clown and lots of potential hostable corals, but my clownfish "Omen" likes the back corner of the tank and has never hosted anything in the year that I have had him.

 

[wvdiscus]

Yes, I agree there is no guarntee that they will, I would just like to give them an option. The reason that made me think of it, I was watching my tank last night and noticed that they (the clowns) appeared to be "buddying up" to my new frag of zoa's I just added a week ago. There is only about 15 zoa's on the frag but they didn't seem to mind.