dustybuddy
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can ocellaris clownfish do well with a BTA?
Ocellaris in a BTA
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Poorcollegereef
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yes the ocellaris is hosted by a BTA, but not always. I had a BTA for many months and my two clowns never showed an intrest in it. A few days ago, I bought a larger BTA and the clowns adopted with about 12 hours. So I will say that BTA will accept BTA but there is the chance that they will not host in it. Carpets and Ritteri are 'always' accepted by ocellaris but these anemones have lower survival rate in the average aquarium so the % of ocellaris accepting BTA may be higher than survival of other anemones. Since your tank is fairly you, (5 months) I would stay away from ritteris and carpets, I made that mistake and it wasnt good! In any case your ocellaris will thrive in the BTA, but it may take some time for them to adopt it. My suggestion is to have a BTA that is alteast 5 inches, anything smaller would not be as attractive to the clowns. Good Luck!
dustybuddy
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what other clownfish are good for a BTA then?
dustybuddy
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are perculas ok?
I HATE that quote, because it is patently untrue!!!
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I have a pair of black ocellaris and regular ocellaris hosting in BTA's at the moment, and BOTH are from ORA.
My oranges have had the same BTA now for 4 years..
amphiprion25
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I have a pair of tank bred occelaris and they took a while to go in a BTA but now they can't live without it they love it.
Thanks
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Poorcollegereef
Future Doc
These are the clowns that appear naturally in BTA, this is taken from the Clownfish/Anemone FAQs but other clowns also host in BTA in captivity. My CAPTIVE BRED ocellaris took to my larger anemone very quickly so dont doubt CB ocellaris from taking to a BTA, but in some cases, it takes a while.
Entacmaea quadricolor (bulb-tentacle, BTA, or corn)
A. akindynos
A. allardi
A. bicinctus
A. chrysopterus
A. clarkii
A. ephippium
A. frenatus
A. latezonatus
A. mccullochi
A. melanopus
A. omanensis
A. rubrocinctus
A. tricinctus
P. biaculeatus
Entacmaea quadricolor (bulb-tentacle, BTA, or corn)
A. akindynos
A. allardi
A. bicinctus
A. chrysopterus
A. clarkii
A. ephippium
A. frenatus
A. latezonatus
A. mccullochi
A. melanopus
A. omanensis
A. rubrocinctus
A. tricinctus
P. biaculeatus
Snausages01
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My ORA (pair) in an RBTA.
Snausages01
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Thanks for the compliment!
I am using the Nikon D-50 with the 18-55mm kit lens.
For the picture above I was really taking pictures of the anemone to get a good shot of its tentacles, but the clown would keep popping her head into the picture; so, I fooled around with one shot that I had and came out with what I thought was a good crop and thatââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s how I got the above picture. I just with the focal point would have been on the clown.
I am using the Nikon D-50 with the 18-55mm kit lens.
For the picture above I was really taking pictures of the anemone to get a good shot of its tentacles, but the clown would keep popping her head into the picture; so, I fooled around with one shot that I had and came out with what I thought was a good crop and thatââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s how I got the above picture. I just with the focal point would have been on the clown.
RichConley
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Nagel, I agree. The common misconseption that TR clowns wont host is complete bunk. My occellaris have hosted a GBTA,RBTA, Green with purple tips/pink base BTA, a Sebae, a frogspawn, and a couple of other things. They now live on the edges of the sebae (its about 18" across, they tend to wallow in the outer tentacles.)
I'd say you probably have a better shot of TR occis or percs hosting a BTA than wild ones. If you've got a rit or carpet though, the WC ones are almost a lock to host, whereas the TR are about the same across the board.
