clown host sebae anenome?

[NYreefNoob]

ok i have a pair of tank raised false perc's had a few months as well as i have a purple sabea anenome for a few months. clowns dont want to host anything. put them in a container with the sabea. chances of them hosting it ? i know it's a 50-50 but will percs host a sabea anenome ?

 

[rookie07]

Ive come to learn that tank raised clowns take longer to host...b/c they have to learn how to host...good luck

Ive had my clowns since october and no hosting yet. Ive had a sabea anemone(1 month),now a bubble tip(3 weeks), and always had frog spawn, hammer, torch, mushrooms, and leathers...

 

[rfny75]

I have a RBTA and I added a maroon clown, he hosted it half hour after I put him in the tank!!

After reseaching online, I remember finding a site that shows which clowns host what kind of anemone ... this might be the easiest way for you to have your clowns host an anemone, to figure out which anemone they usually host in nature. I hope this helps.

 

[danelam]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i1/Clown_anemone/Clown_anemone.htm

Here's that link for anemone/clown compatability. FWIW my ocellaris clowns are wild caught and have hosted both in a bubbletip (even though they're not likely to in the wild) and in a carpet (they do host in these in nature) within hours.

 

[Chapz]

Some are lucky enought that there clowns host anemones. I have maroon clowns and a tomato clown and none want to host the GBTA or my Green Carpet Anemone.
Thanks for the link Dane.

 

[rookie07]

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/marinedepotlive/AnemoneSymbioticMap.htm

 

[Deanos]

Thread :moved:

 

[RyanG]

I have heard a strange sounding way to coax them into hosting, you need to find a pic of same clowns hosting similar anenome and tape it to the side of the tank near where the clowns chill, sounds silly but from what I hear it works, cant hurt anyways.