Anenome and Clown Help
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Wild caught fish are not the best things to buy, because they are taken directly out of the ocean, and if enough people buy them, they will continue to do so until there are hardly any left in the wild, its the reason why alot of coral reef ecosystems are collapsing.
Host anemone are dificult creature to keep in Aquarium. Many will not do well and will die in a short time. Clown fish do not need an anemone in aquarium, and will do well without it. Different anemones requrement are different, but most require very bright light and very clean water condition. You need to know specifically which anemone you have before you can provide appropriate condition for it. Each clownfish hosting anemones have a different species of clown hosting it it naturally. In aquarium, some clownfish go into anemones not associated with them naturally, some will not.
From your vague description of your anemone, it maybe one of the cheaper, commonly available anemone call "Sebae Anemone" which is most of the tine an Heteractis crispa. A picture or two of you anemone will help me ID it and give you suggestion as to what you can do for it. You can read baout various hose Anemones and their clown fish by following this link.
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/ebooks/intro.html
Good luck
From your vague description of your anemone, it maybe one of the cheaper, commonly available anemone call "Sebae Anemone" which is most of the tine an Heteractis crispa. A picture or two of you anemone will help me ID it and give you suggestion as to what you can do for it. You can read baout various hose Anemones and their clown fish by following this link.
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/ebooks/intro.html
Good luck
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I'm not getting one anytime soon but wouldn't it be best to buy an anenome and clown that are already paired at the fish shop?
'The Other anemone' sounds like a sabae to me.
Also, as for all the naysayers on tank raised clowns hosting.. it can happen. My tank raised pair hosted a suction cup, with the female constantly pushing the male just outside of it as it wasn't big enough for them both. Instinct is instinct, whether or not it's no longer necessary. As far as anemones go, the fish would have to build up an immunity to the stings before being able to host it. But corals and in my case, suction cups, can still end up providing a host. Even if the clowns have been tanked raised for a couple generations, that doesn't necessarily remove the years of evolution that tell them to seek a host. But that's just my 2 cents.
Besides the clown picture idea, I've read that if you use a flashlight to highlight the area you wish them to host, they'll figure it out. The method is to set the flashlight, or whatever kind of light, on top of the tank glass so that it shines directly down on the desired location. Do this at night after all the other lights have been shut off and the tank is otherwise completely dark. The clowns should then be drawn to that location.
It sounds ridiculous and I've read accounts of it working and not working. I'm currently trying it with my own clowns to get them to host my frogspawn instead of the suction cup. Last night was my first test. I left the light (I'm using a green LED light) on for around an hour and noticed that the clowns did end up swimming in the lighted area the entire time it was on (the other fish stayed within the rockwork as they do at night). Each clown took a couple passes through it, but they haven't chosen to move yet. I plan on maintaining this idea for about a week to see if it really will work or not.
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i think my clowns are hosting my koralia 4....at least i think they are..they never leave the corner it is in and seem to always be nudging at each other....they are fun to watch...mine are tank bred also.. i tried a long tentacle anemone, but he didnt adapt too good to my tank and took up a home underneath a rock....took him back before he died...anyways i was kinda wondering on ways to get my clowns to host some of the coral, i may try these ideas.
Thus far the clowns stay directly beneath the area highlighted with the flashlight as long as it is on and all other tank lights are off. They make passes at my frogspawn but haven't gone 'all the way' yet. As soon as I shut the flashlight off, one of the clowns flees back to his corner, but the other remains in the area. This is day two of the Silly Light Experiment.
so let me get this strait, you have two anemones (one of which is a condy) and two clowns (a perc and a clarkii) all in a 30 gallon tank? The Condy will grow big and harm anything that it comes near. Two different species of clowns may not get along too well, and not in the least if they both are female already. hard to tell what your other nem is. does sound like a sebae, but pics would help.
eventually your clowns may decide to live in the nems or not, its up to them. taping pictures and the like won't really help. you could try feeding the nem, and when the clowns go after the food, it'd come in contact with the nem. then the nem may host the clown.
But the most important question is what kind of light do you have on the tank?
without proper lighting, no nem will live in your tank, and when a nem goes south, it takes the tank with it.
eventually your clowns may decide to live in the nems or not, its up to them. taping pictures and the like won't really help. you could try feeding the nem, and when the clowns go after the food, it'd come in contact with the nem. then the nem may host the clown.
But the most important question is what kind of light do you have on the tank?
without proper lighting, no nem will live in your tank, and when a nem goes south, it takes the tank with it.
