I read about someone taking their clownfish and placing it in the rose anome while it was asleep a couple of times and it went for it after a few days. I have 2 oscallaris clownfish, they have not gone into the rose ever. I have had them for over 1 year, and the rose for about 2 months. any ideas?
put clownfish in anemone while ZZZ?
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wicked_NaCl_h2o
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I have never heard of people doing that.. I am not sure if its even possible. It takes time for ocellaris to accept a bta as a host. If you have ocellaris like mine ..they may never choose an anemone. You could try only feeding the clowns near the anemone.
Saltz Creep
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Clowns are not born with an immunity to anemone stings. They only have the ability to slowly accumulate the protective slime coat of the anemone. They do this by rubbing the anemone a little at a time tolerating minute stings until they acquire a completely protective coat. Putting a nonimmunized sleeping clown into an anemone is NOT advisable.
tufacody
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Others have stated that placing a picture of a clown in an anemone on the side of the glass has worked. Sounds silly, but worth a try.
I recently read an article that clowns react to smell to find their anemones. If this is true, I think it would explain better why some clowns will only go in their native anemones. It seems to me easier to accept the idea that some clowns accept "smell" of another anemone than to think that the whole instinct has been bred out of captive-born clowns (like some people think).
I do know this. My occelaris ignored everything in my reef tank including a BTA for over a year, but the MINUTE I put them in their own tank with their native nem (h. mag) they were all over it like stink on cheese. I found their behaviour very odd until they had their native nem with them. Then they were like whole different fish.
With that said, spare yourself the pain of getting an h. mag, lol. They are a bizzzatch to keep. S. gigantea might be a little easier, but not much.
I recently read an article that clowns react to smell to find their anemones. If this is true, I think it would explain better why some clowns will only go in their native anemones. It seems to me easier to accept the idea that some clowns accept "smell" of another anemone than to think that the whole instinct has been bred out of captive-born clowns (like some people think).
I do know this. My occelaris ignored everything in my reef tank including a BTA for over a year, but the MINUTE I put them in their own tank with their native nem (h. mag) they were all over it like stink on cheese. I found their behaviour very odd until they had their native nem with them. Then they were like whole different fish.
With that said, spare yourself the pain of getting an h. mag, lol. They are a bizzzatch to keep. S. gigantea might be a little easier, but not much.
sk8rreefgeek
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Except for the method I used, I think turning all flow off, and using a feeder tube to put the food right in the nem would work best. The whole picture thing seems like a fluke to me.
Sucks tho, that they may never choose the nem as a host. I used to come home from work everyday, expecting to come around the corner and find them in there, only to be disappointed.
All good now tho!
Sucks tho, that they may never choose the nem as a host. I used to come home from work everyday, expecting to come around the corner and find them in there, only to be disappointed.
All good now tho!
