stopped hosting?

[fancyfish]

Hi everyone
I purchased a BTA a few days ago with the hopes that my already established clown-ocillaris would host there and not in my flowerpot Well to my dismay the very first day he jumped right in along with a new smaller clown. This after I moved the flower pot to a different spot in the tank. Anyway once established I moved the flower pot back to where he gets enough flow and expands. Now the clown will not host in the BTA. The smaller clown contines to be in and out of the BTA. The ultimate question is.....will he return to hosting if I move the flower pot one more time? If not I am going to catch him and trade him out for a small ocillaris that may pair up with the new clown I bought. Thanks for your help

 

[bkbailes07]

my clowns will prefer a frogspawn over a anemone, try taking the flowerpot and put it in a spot safe from the clowns so they cant get to it. something like a in tank refugium or something so it still gets flow but the clowns cant get in it. do this until it seems the clowns are very comfortable in the anemone.
HTH

 

[fancyfish]

thanks
I have done that. One clown remains with the anenome. The other has decided not to get back in. Hopefully this will be short lived. Time will tell.