what are natural hosts for true percs?

[ezhoops]

what title says

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Hetaractis crispa, H. magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, S. Mertensii, and some adapt to Entacmaea quadricolor as mine did.

 

[deangelr]

How long have you had the haddoni now?

If they havent hosted yet patience is still a good idea, But that can be a double edge sword with a fish eater like a haddoni..

Like I said earlier, there are countless examples of haddoni hosting percs aswell. But I couldnt get it to work.

IMO the preferred NEM for a perc is either a H. Mag or Gig.

 

[Winwood]

Natural hosts are Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea. Also many sources list Heteractis crispa as a natural host as well, although I have never seen a confirmed photo of this association. To my knowledge S. mertensii naturally hosts A. ocellaris but not percula and neither host E. quadricolor in nature.

 

[ezhoops]

How long have you had the haddoni now?

If they havent hosted yet patience is still a good idea, But that can be a double edge sword with a fish eater like a haddoni..

Like I said earlier, there are countless examples of haddoni hosting percs aswell. But I couldnt get it to work.

IMO the preferred NEM for a perc is either a H. Mag or Gig.

had the haddoni about 11 days and yes I'm impatient but they immediately hosted the LTA within seconds. just so I cover myself here, I removed the LTA for fear of my percs losing their black.

I know I also fear that it will eat them. I may try a Gig but they get so big and I only have a 50 breeder. Crispa might be the way to go

 

[ryanrid]

Also many sources list Heteractis crispa as a natural host as well, although I have never seen a confirmed photo of this association.

not 100% if these were percula or occy's but they hosted h.crispa

but after several months they got scarring from it as below.

 

[ezhoops]

hmmm, they look like occy's but that scarring is weird