how long it take for my clowns to host in this anenome....? i had the clowns about a year now with no host except for a large brain coral, which died a few months ago due to a tank crash, now i have added 2 anenomes since one GBTA and a hybrid type, dont know the name, its cross between carpet and bta....these clowns wont host in any, actually my porcelain crab found the hybrid as a host in 2 days, but the clowns dont seem to be very interested in them...what do i do to get them more intereted or does it take a while?
Ocellaris&Percula w/GBTA
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jcar1
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There is no guarantee that they will host it at all but since they hosted something already there is a good chance they will. I am still waiting myself it has been a month since I bought my RBTA and I also have a ocellaris and a true percula however they are to busy hosting in my goniapora. I have read stories of them hosting instantly, some take weeks, some months, a year I even read someone not to long ago that is took 2 years. It's all up to your fish. As far as I know there is not much you can do to make it happen. Just be patient I know it sucks because I'm in the same shoes your in.
dustybuddy
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spoon has it kinda wrong. TR clowns will still host. it may take a bit longer for them. BTAs dont get hosted by percs or ocellaris in the wild. for BTAs to be hosted by either of these takes pretty long from what i have heard from most people. also anemones w/o clowns are common in the wild. clownfish w/o an anemone are never found however.
dustybuddy
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i would like to see that hybrid of yours however. and your anemone crab.
dustybuddy
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dang its hotness. i used to have one. my butterfly ate it though...
knowse
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TR clowns not hosting is a rumor and totally false. The main factor is whether or not the fry have something to host/hide in as their being raised.
My pair were tr and bought a yr. apart and where trying to host threw the bag while acclimating and once released into the tank went straight into a bta. Due to the fact that the breeder raised them in a tank with gsp and zoas for them to hide in.
My pair were tr and bought a yr. apart and where trying to host threw the bag while acclimating and once released into the tank went straight into a bta. Due to the fact that the breeder raised them in a tank with gsp and zoas for them to hide in.
knowse
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Spoon25,
If your referring to my post, the clowns were acclimating in their bags. The bta was in my tank and they (the fish) were trying to swin threw the bag into the bta. They were not by any means in the same bag.
Years ago, I had an lfs owner tell me to put a clown in the same bag as an anemone and let them acclimate together. I ended up with a dead and eaten clown.
If your referring to my post, the clowns were acclimating in their bags. The bta was in my tank and they (the fish) were trying to swin threw the bag into the bta. They were not by any means in the same bag.
Years ago, I had an lfs owner tell me to put a clown in the same bag as an anemone and let them acclimate together. I ended up with a dead and eaten clown.
spoon25, have patience with them taking to your anemone. As was said, though, there is no guarantee that they actually will. It took my 2 percs 4 months before they were interested in my GBTA, now they only leave it to quickly grab food that floats by. I had pretty much given up by that time, so hang in there. BTW, the female took up with the anemone a full week before the male did.
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