where can i get a....

[twizzlerman77]

where can i get a "nemo" clownfish with full bars that will go in a bta? mine will not touch one.

 

[rams]

is yours tank raised?

 

[trottman]

it takes a long time for tank rasied clowns to ever touch a anemone. some may never

 

[twizzlerman77]

im not sure he is my only fish i have from petco my girlfriend had to have him....

 

[breutus]

how long has it been together with it?

There is a couple of tricks you can do to get them to host but it does take a couple of weeks either way.

 

[twizzlerman77]

its only been like 5 days with this 1, but i had one a while back for like a month and he never touched it, then it crawled in the back of my tank and died like 2 weeks after i got it

 

[twizzlerman77]

like two weeks after that not after i got it..... typo

 

[breutus]

has it hosted anything else in the tank? where does it sleep? Is there any other fish in the tank?

Some of the easier ways to get them to host with out much stress is;
shine a light on the fish at night while the lights are out and it's trying to sleep it will aggravate it if it happens for a while every night and it will look for a new place to sleep.

the other thing is if you put a fish in the tank that bully's him a little bit then he will seek refuge in the anemone for protection.

but it does take time! I have NEVER not had a clown host an anemone! they all come around eventually with BTA's... but do make sure it's a BTA.

all the other ways i've heard are pretty stressful to the fish and anemone so I don't recommend them

 

[Chelsey]

How are you keeping a BTA alive with only power compacts?

 

[sheepdog43]

It can be done.
I know a shop with some and I have one. All are healthy.

In fact the shop near me has had several in a deep 45 under PC and never had a problem.

 

[Chelsey]

Cool. As long as the BTA is healthy more power to you.

 

[breutus]

PC's aren't that bad they just loose there par pretty quickly and need to be changed about every six months. BTA's are very hardy anemones I have seen them live happily in systems with worse lighting then pc's they just just need to be fed properly.

 

[twizzlerman77]

always give him a squirt or brine everyday anything else i should be feeding it?

 

[Reefer Wannabe]

silversides

 

[breutus]

Definitely silversides I feed 2-3 whole silversides a week to my big ones and a couple of halves or smaller chunks to my smaller ones. That is with a lot of lighting over them.

Also it will help the clown take to them if there is need of pruning and cleaning in the anemone

 

[twizzlerman77]

awesome info thanks

 

[twizzlerman77]

ive still never found out where to get the fish at... anyone??

 

[paulamrein]

Most lfs I have been to have a huge tank devoted to juvenile clowns. I got mine from MS. They always have them, Belts too. The clowns I got are the strongest fish I have ever seen!! Actually I have a third wheel false perc that needs to come out. I am switching over to a 125g next week some time, where do you live?

 

[twizzlerman77]

so... i need to get one that is not hand or tank raised???? i may take you up on that false percula does it have full bars it has to or my girlfriend will not like/ want him cause he wont look like "nemo". thanks

 

[twizzlerman77]

also has the fish hosted to an anenome that you have witnessed?