Perc. clowns and GBTA questions.

[Daddeo]

A few years ago we had a mated pair of Perc. clowns that hosted a sabae nem. They all did exceptionally well.
Anyhow, now to my current situation. I have a mated pair of perc. clowns and GBTA, however the clowns have not hosted the nem...yet. The fish and nem seem to be doing fine. I've never owned a GBTA and wanted to know a few things if anyone can help. First, is it normal for them to close up for the night? Secondly, will perc's host a GBTA?

Thanks for any help!

 

[bradleym]

It is normal for them to close up, I wouldn't worry. And a GBTA is not the natural host for perculas, but they will sometimes work it out anyway.

 

[Daddeo]

Thanks for the info. I've been out of the hobby for a few years so things are slowly coming back to me but opinions and help from others makes it faster !

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

My female perc accepted a bubble tip. I lost the bubble tip in a move, now she uses a large colony of star polyps.

 

[davocean]

Mine were hosted by BTA's in a nem specific tank, but like others I've read about it seemed to fade out the black color in my clowns for some reason.

 

[Daddeo]

Mine have yet to even check out the GBTA but they sure do love the grass! This particular GBTA was hosted by a Tomato clown at the LFS. The clown was very aggressive with too, rubbing/hitting it very hard! The nem never fully inflated and stayed smaller than the size of a baseball as I was told by the LFS owner. In just a week and a half it has found it's "sweet" spot, fully extends daily(now the size of a softball), and eats like a horse! Just needs to color back up now.

Thank you all for the responses!

 

[zeeter]

I've found that if there's competition for the BTA the percs will go for it, but simply having it in there will not necessarily induce them to host. Could happen; could not happen. Just depends. I had five in a tank once and they hosted in a BTA for a while - I think due to there being competition. Then I bought a ritteri and they completely abandoned the BTA.