Recommendations for clown hosting

[firemountain]

Everyone,

Looking to pick up a clown pair this weekend. Besides the RBTA....what would be the next best thing that you can recommend that are not "Anenomes" that Ocellaris clowns will host. I have heard that the Torches, and Frogspan are good choices.

Not a big fan of BTA's moving around my tank and stinging other corals. Looking for coral recommendations. Right now I only have Yumas, Ricordeas, and Scolys in my tank.

 

[justinky]

A nice large toadstool would be your best option imo, but there is no guarantee the clowns will go near anything but a natural host.

 

[Azedenkae]

We had a Maroon and a Skunk together once where I work, they went in/near a Heliofungia together.

 

[geckoejon]

i currently have a pair of ocellaris in my reef tank. one is hosting a sebae won't share. the other has started hosting a couple different torches and a frogspawn

like someone else stated though, no guaranty. this clown was already being hosted by a bta when i moved it into the reef tank. i think it was used to being hosted, and just for the torches and frogspawn.

 

[mcfa2403]

My percula and ocellaris pair host my thick stalk torch coral. My LFS has Davinci Clowns (I think ocellaris) that host a hammer. Anyways my point here is that typically euphyllia (torch, frog, hammer octopus, etc.) seem to work best in place of an anemone (in both cases listed above a rose bubble was actually present in the tank). If you choose to try a euphyllia make sure to get a large thick stalked (Torch coral can have substantial difference in head/tentacle/branch size) or scrolling/wall euphyllia (more difficult to care for typically) because your clowns will beat the daylights out of it.