The waiting game.. Nem vs Clown Fish

PaulieReef · 08/15/2013, 09:35 PM

So as many people who have BTA and clowns it takes awhile, if ever they host it. Well for the past, I want to say 2 months. My clown has been teasing me he is going to host it. He swims up to it, looks at it for awhile, swims away. He then come back gets really close to hit, swims away. Gets even closer and swims around the tencales, swims away.

This game has been going on forever, why won't he just host it

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Palting · 08/16/2013, 09:09 AM

It's like watching a pot boil: if you watch it, it will never happen! So quit watching them!

LOL!

I guess I was lucky. My BTA was in the tank and well established before I added the clowns. The clowns came from an LFS that already had several anemones and almost all the clowns were hosting/hosted by anemones. The two new clowns almost immediately hosted the resident anemone. IMO, it appeared that the clowns indeed got stung when they first approached the 'nem. They would come close until a tentacle touched them, then they would blast off and have like a little seizure attack. This went on a few times, but in a week they were happily getting wrapped in the tentacles with no issues.

Lynxone · 08/16/2013, 09:28 AM

My clowns prefer my frogspawn..... Go figure

BlueFyre · 08/16/2013, 09:31 AM

My clowns took about a month till the decided to live in the anemone. Then I bought a nice looking hammer coral and they move out of the anemone and into the coral. Almost a year later they now have moved back into the anemone.

Clowns and Clowns and they do what they want.

Seikensetzu · 08/16/2013, 12:09 PM

2 weeks after purchase. i was super happy. I turned the mp40 all the way up for a few mins to identify my dead spots and all of a sudden I look up and the clowns were in!!!!

KEEPonREEFING · 08/16/2013, 02:00 PM

Are they tank raised clowns? I have heard they are harder to persuade to host.

AdamSabina · 08/16/2013, 02:28 PM

My clown is retarded.... I've seen lots of clowns host coral and nems... Mine is literally hosting a rock. It looks retarded I hate it.

The BTA is 6 inches away.... MOVE OVER!!!

Toddrtrex · 08/16/2013, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KEEPonREEFING

Are they tank raised clowns? I have heard they are harder to persuade to host.

Nope. Being hosted is an instinct, not a learned behavior.

This issue that the most commonly tank breed clowns (( Ocellaris and Percs )) are naturally hosted by 2 of the hardest anemones to keep -- H. magnifica and S. gigantea.

In home tanks they will usually be kept with an E. quadricolor -- which is not a natural host for those clowns.

Years ago I picked up a pair of tank breed A. polymnus (( saddlebacks )), within 5 minutes of being released into the DT, they were being hosted by an anemone. The anemone happened to be an S. haddoni, a natural host anemone for them.

Benson0219 · 08/16/2013, 03:27 PM

Mine took three months to host. Then I upgraded the tank and it took them three weeks to host again... lol

robotman · 08/16/2013, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulieReef

So as many people who have BTA and clowns it takes awhile, if ever they host it. Well for the past, I want to say 2 months. My clown has been teasing me he is going to host it. He swims up to it, looks at it for awhile, swims away. He then come back gets really close to hit, swims away. Gets even closer and swims around the tencales, swims away.

This game has been going on forever, why won't he just host it

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my clown finally hosted my anemone, and it took 2 months but it happened while i was on vacation!

08/15/2013, 09:35 PM	#1
PaulieReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 291	The waiting game.. Nem vs Clown Fish So as many people who have BTA and clowns it takes awhile, if ever they host it. Well for the past, I want to say 2 months. My clown has been teasing me he is going to host it. He swims up to it, looks at it for awhile, swims away. He then come back gets really close to hit, swims away. Gets even closer and swims around the tencales, swims away. This game has been going on forever, why won't he just host it [IMG]http://i44.*******.com/x54arb.jpg[/IMG]

08/16/2013, 09:09 AM	#2
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	It's like watching a pot boil: if you watch it, it will never happen! So quit watching them! LOL! I guess I was lucky. My BTA was in the tank and well established before I added the clowns. The clowns came from an LFS that already had several anemones and almost all the clowns were hosting/hosted by anemones. The two new clowns almost immediately hosted the resident anemone. IMO, it appeared that the clowns indeed got stung when they first approached the 'nem. They would come close until a tentacle touched them, then they would blast off and have like a little seizure attack. This went on a few times, but in a week they were happily getting wrapped in the tentacles with no issues. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

08/16/2013, 02:00 PM	#6
KEEPonREEFING Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SWFL Posts: 89	Are they tank raised clowns? I have heard they are harder to persuade to host. __________________ NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS FAST... Current Tank Info: Sps reefer 170

08/16/2013, 03:27 PM	#9
Benson0219 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Goodyear, AZ Posts: 535	Mine took three months to host. Then I upgraded the tank and it took them three weeks to host again... lol __________________ 180 Gallon Reef Tank, Elite Aquatics Sump, Kessil A360we LEDS, AI Hydra 26 HD LEDS, Reef Octopus OCTO VarioS-6 Controllable DC Circulation Pump, Skimz Kone SK204 Skimmer, Vortex MP40 Powerhead. Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Reef Tank

08/16/2013, 09:28 AM	#3
Lynxone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 251	My clowns prefer my frogspawn..... Go figure

08/16/2013, 09:31 AM	#4
BlueFyre Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 587	My clowns took about a month till the decided to live in the anemone. Then I bought a nice looking hammer coral and they move out of the anemone and into the coral. Almost a year later they now have moved back into the anemone. Clowns and Clowns and they do what they want.

08/16/2013, 12:09 PM	#5
Seikensetzu Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 13	2 weeks after purchase. i was super happy. I turned the mp40 all the way up for a few mins to identify my dead spots and all of a sudden I look up and the clowns were in!!!!

08/16/2013, 02:28 PM	#7
AdamSabina Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,426	My clown is retarded.... I've seen lots of clowns host coral and nems... Mine is literally hosting a rock. It looks retarded I hate it. The BTA is 6 inches away.... MOVE OVER!!!