Percula clownfish: do I have potential hosts?

[Lithy]

I am thinking about getting a Percula and I am wondering if either my frogspawn coral or Condylactis gigantea might serve as host.

Pictures of the coral and anemone are at this link.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ale.rugge/PerculaHosts?authkey=ioz8cRivlwQ

Thanks!
Lithy

 

[nick18tjetta]

I would not recomend either as a host, however your clown may take up in the frogspawn. It could do damage to the frogspawn, it just depends on how aggressive the clown is. I would wait a few months to a year for a hosting anemone if you just started in april. A percula would be fine without an anemone for that amount of time, or its entire life. Just curious, what kind of light do you have on your tank?

 

[Lithy]

The anemone and the frogspawn are already in the tank (~1 month) and doing well. I was just wondering if the percula I plan to get next month may like either as a host. Even though the percula will be fine without a host, it would be cool if it hung out in either.

Are other types of clownfish less aggressive than percula? How do I select a non aggressive one?

Also, what would you recommend as a Percula host?

The lighting is pretty strong. 250W x2 MH + 64W x4 actinic.

 

[Slakker]

Percs are usually pretty gentle with anemones as far as I know...however, that appears to be a Condylactis anemone, in which case there's a risk that it will eat your clown should it choose it as a host.

Clowns of any variety hosting in a frogspawn have been known to damage or kill it, but plenty of people have had success.