Which clowns will LTA host?

[kar93]

Im thinking of getting an LTA and some clowns for my new tank. And was wondering what clowns will an LTA host?

 

[kar93]

anyone?

 

[suasponte2/75]

I've got my true percs in mine if that helps . I don't have any idea which species naturally hosts them in the wild but I don't think it's percs.

HTHs

 

[kar93]

I was thinking percs but wasnt quite sure if theyd host hence the reason i posted here. Did it take them long to host, Did you encourage them?

Thanks

 

[Packersfan21]

Clarkii clowns mostly.

 

[VengefulNemesis]

I had my Ocellaris Clownfish, host an LTA I had. It took them about a week to "find" it. HTH

 

[suasponte2/75]

I didn't encourage... more like hoped . Although, it was the only anemone in the tank at the time so they didn't have too many choices . The only other thing that may have looked like an anemone was a frogspawn but they "clowned" around it but nothing ever came of it . They've been hosting in this anemone for years (ever since a transfer from a 60G) w/o issues. Even when I introduced a RBTA last month, I don't think they even came close to it. They're in there 24-7.

I do believe packersfan is right that their natural host is clarkiis in the wild. But then, I've seen clarkiis host in BTAs at the LFS's as well. From what I've seen in other people's tanks, clowns can host in anything (including corals).

You probably could encourage them by chasing w/ a net or such and leave them alone around the LTA... I don't know if that may be too stressful for a new addition but it may be worth a shot after a few weeks to a month if they don't go in there naturally.

HTHs,

Minh

 

[kar93]

To get my percs to host my BTA i put an image of some clowns hosing next to the nem and the next day they was init. But i cant find a pic of them in LTA anywhere.

 

[MR PALM BEACH]

I had a condi that was close to the top of the tank for a couple of weeks and nobody was going near It, It was getting pretty big and reaching all over the place. I finally moved it close to the bottom of the tank and withen 2 days my Ocellaris was hanging out inside It. Pretty weird.

 

[oxbeard]

Black & White Oscellarus(sp?) have hosted my LTAs well. had no problem with them hosting either, as soon as they were both in the same tank the B&Ws jumped right in.