what do your clowns like best?

[kkyyllee]

do your clowns like more open swimming area or lots of liverock to hide in?

 

[TOURKID]

what kind of clowns? maroons tend to find somthing to host and never leave that spot. even to eat... lol

 

[lesages]

I have a couple of Ocellaris clowns who are constantly swimming around in the open areas, almost never going inside the rockwork. On Saturday I added a green BTA though and one of the clowns wanted to snuggle up in it about 10 minutes after it had been there but the BTA was all bunched up.

 

[J. Montgomery]

My false percula clowns only swim in open water, they don't ever go near the rocks. At night they sleep in the corner between my skimmer prefilter box and heater.

 

[don954]

My percs only hung around the rock work, i added my 1st LTA about 8 months ago and they went to it like flies on suggar, they started hosting it in like 30 seconds or less... Now they wont go more than a few feet from it, and only for food. They have a 8' long tank to swim in but choose not too...

 

[cschweitzer]

Every clowns personality is different. Adventurers and homebodies. Hosters and night swimmers. But to answer the question, a little bit of both. They are not too picky...breeders keep them in a 40G tank with a clay pot and/or a tile to host and breed on and that's all...no sand, no lr, not tankmates...just them. A mixture of both places, a few overhangs, some crevices, a couple flowing corals or an anem(wait for a while if you decide to get one to feel out your tank) and a few open areas for them to check out is a great solution. They don't require rock work like a tang that has to be somewhat specialized...they are fine with what you give them, provided you take care of them.