Training tank raised to host a BTA

[goreef65]

Can anyone give some good tips on how to get 2 beautiful (but stupid) captive bred ocellaris clowns to host my new Rose BTA? I've tried taping color pictures (2) of clowns in Rose a BTA to the side of the glass where the BTA is but they don't even seem interested enough to look at the photos. Is this just a time thing? I've only had this BTA for just under 1 week. Help.

 

[acrodave]

it just takes time.. some time mins. some times mths..its in there dna to do it..just give them time

 

[Trigeek]

Oscellaris don't naturally host BTAs. Some will but some won't. Be patient, you have two so that doubles your chance of having a clown say, "Hey, this red thing looks cool. Let's roll around in it." Maroone clowns go to them very readily.

 

[goreef65]

I have a few color photos of ocellaris in RBTA's on the tank walls. I heard this has a pretty good success rate. We will see. I'll lyk if and when it happens. Thanks for your support.

 

[ko0ki3z]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100064#post14100064 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by goreef65
I have a few color photos of ocellaris in RBTA's on the tank walls. I heard this has a pretty good success rate. We will see. I'll lyk if and when it happens. Thanks for your support.

the picture thing works believe me my clowns was in dead search for an anemone when i put the pictures up but i covered about 80% of my tank

 

[dc]

You can try anything, I'm a believer that it's just coincidence and they would have went in anyway. Hard to tell.

 

[garygb]

Tank-raised or wild-caught isn't the issue, it's having a natural host or not that is the issue. I've observed tank-raised maroons go to a BTA in minutes and ocellaris to H. magnifica in less than an hour--never having seen an anemone. The attraction to a natural host is instinctive.

 

[rhoptowit]

a friend of mine did this and it worked great for him, though it requires you to be able to trap both the clowns and nem.

he placed the nem in a plastic container with a top and put his clown in there are well, with no space for the clowns to swim they soon took to the anemone. and to this day they are still swimming around in the nem .

 

[fishkid6692]

i tried the picture thing and it didn't work. my snowflakes just didn't want to host the RBTA but when i put a magnifica in it went right to it. try diff. things and see what works best for you.

 

[ZoaFan08]

I have 3 RBTAs in my tank and my false percs won't host in any of them, they seem really happy in my Sinularia though

 

[chort55]

I have heard feeding inside the anemone with a turkey baster works. Goodluck

 

[goreef65]

Thanks for all your opinions. I still have the pictures up and nothing. My wife and I have tried holding up YouTube videos of clowns in an RBTA and it seems to get their attention...but that's where it ended. I have read that the RBTA's are not their natural host so maybe I'll get another clown that likes these better. You can never have to many clowns...right? lol

 

[tcmfish]

You should try a NATURAL host. Get a maroon, tomato, or clarkii if you really want a RBTA.

Otherwise it is just hit or miss.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14163343#post14163343 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by goreef65
........ so maybe I'll get another clown that likes these better. You can never have to many clowns...right? lol

Yes, you can have too many clowns in one tank. While there are exceptions, mixing clowns is generally a bad idea. Stick with just one pair of the same species.

And since it has only been little over a week, I would give it more time.

Back when I had O's, it took then over a month to be hosted by my LTA.

 

[jtreefdweller]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14109303#post14109303 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garygb
Tank-raised or wild-caught isn't the issue, it's having a natural host or not that is the issue. I've observed tank-raised maroons go to a BTA in minutes and ocellaris to H. magnifica in less than an hour--never having seen an anemone. The attraction to a natural host is instinctive.

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It has nothing to do with them being tank raised and everything to do with BTA's not being there natural host. I had tank raised maroons take BTA's within minutes.