Ocellaris and Anemone Trouble

[reefmaniac1129]

I currently have a pair of Ocellaris clowns. I tried to get them to host in a bulb tip anemone with very little success, and have since traded the anemone away

Following I want to get another anemone for them and I know Ocellaris naturally host in the following anemones: Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii.

However, all of these anemones are difficult to keep, and was wondering if:

1) if one of them is easier than the others and not as hard as people say to keep?

2) there is an alternative to these anemones that my clowns could host in?

 

[phender]

1) H. magnifica and S. gigantea are truly hard to keep. S. mertensii is not difficult to keep, but it is almost impossible to find. They are so big that they are rarely collected and small ones are not often found in the wild.

2) I have found that H. crispa (sebae anemone), is accepted by ocellaris clowns more readily than BTAs. However, healthy specimens are not readily available. Stay away from the white ones. A healthy one will have long pointed tentacles(over an inch) that are tan to brown in color.

 

[redvipe2010]

How long did you try the BTA and Ocellaris?

 

[bencozzy]

ive seen ocellaris clowns host in S. Haddoni before, even with a natural host present.

 

[concretenomad]

haddoni is a natural host of ocellaris....

 

[Slakker]

Since when?

 

[illcssd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9924458#post9924458 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by concretenomad
haddoni is a natural host of ocellaris....

Let's be sure of what we are saying before spewing random information, haddoni is not a natural host ocellaris.

 

[rkelman]

My Haddoni is hosting my Black Ocellaris pair. How long did you leave them together? It could take a long time. In my case it was 6 weeks.

 

[GSMguy]

took about 10 weeks for my percs to move into their haddoni. illcssd is Right, it is not a natural host