What have your clowns hosted?
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pandarider007
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mine try and host my alveopora but i scare it off so it doesnt hurt it. lol
elegance coral
They call me EC
I've had clowns host ich, internal parasites, and I even saw one at the LFS hosting an isopod. I've had LPS corals, mushrooms, and even a cave in the rocks host my clowns.:thumbsup:
elegance coral
They call me EC
I was just jokin.:clown:
1fishkeeper
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I have had a powerhead, and a mag-float host mine when I never had a nem in my tank.
Antonais1391
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leathers, start polyps, zoas, palys, hammer, frogspawn and a heater lol theres a reason there called clowns
Mine also host in a softball size brain coral. Throughout the day they hover near it and rub against it. The clowns protect it and won't let any other fish near it. After almost four years of hosting it, the brain coral has never been stressed or damaged.
Funny thing is, I thought it was supposed to be a beneficial attachment, with the clownfish bringing food to whatever it hosts. But my clownfish always steal away food from the brain coral, picking it out of its mouths when they are almost ready to be eaten. Sometimes I think my brain coral wished he had a gun - :uzi:.
Anyway, at night, my clowns go to the other side of the tank and also host in the "ultra rare" skimmer pump coral. I guess they feel more safe there then out in the open with the brain coral.
Funny thing is, I thought it was supposed to be a beneficial attachment, with the clownfish bringing food to whatever it hosts. But my clownfish always steal away food from the brain coral, picking it out of its mouths when they are almost ready to be eaten. Sometimes I think my brain coral wished he had a gun - :uzi:.
Anyway, at night, my clowns go to the other side of the tank and also host in the "ultra rare" skimmer pump coral. I guess they feel more safe there then out in the open with the brain coral.
I have a funny (OR NOT depending on who you are) hosting story. I have a 150 gallon aquarium that featured about 25 clown fish. Most of them were very small .75" - 1.25".
I one day started have a mass exodus of clown fish. They would literally VANISH from the tank. No dead bodies, pieces, bones, NOTHING. After losing 1-3 per day, I finally found the answer.
That is a live clown fish who tried to host to a patch of green button polyps. Mine are about the size of nickels and quarters. I believe them to be of the VENUS FLY TRAP variety. Appearantly when the clowns would try to host, the polyp would poison them, close up and eat them.
When I found this guy his gills were still moving so I tried to pull him out, but his back half was already partly digested.
So no more small clowns in my tank. I figure in all it probably got about 15 of them.
I one day started have a mass exodus of clown fish. They would literally VANISH from the tank. No dead bodies, pieces, bones, NOTHING. After losing 1-3 per day, I finally found the answer.
That is a live clown fish who tried to host to a patch of green button polyps. Mine are about the size of nickels and quarters. I believe them to be of the VENUS FLY TRAP variety. Appearantly when the clowns would try to host, the polyp would poison them, close up and eat them.
When I found this guy his gills were still moving so I tried to pull him out, but his back half was already partly digested.
So no more small clowns in my tank. I figure in all it probably got about 15 of them.
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