Anemone / Captive clown question

[daniella3d]

nope, it just goes to prove that nothing is already set. Each fish is different and what apply to one setup might not apply to others.

If my black ice host a sebae, I guess other occellaris can do it as well. I think it is more a matter of what's available and the temperament of each fish.

You are describing a situation in the wild and natural host of these fish. What apply in the wild might not apply in captivity.

I am sure my occellaris are not the only ones hosting a sebae...plenty of occurance on youtube if you take a look.

Your chats don't even agree on the same thing...one put the bubble tip as a host for occelaris and the other don't...go figure there are plenty of occurance of bubble tip hosting occellaris.

Originally Posted by fishytime

Ive noticed over the last year or two that your tank seems to have some kind of planet alignment over it that allows it to go against all of the general rules.....so your post doesnt surprise me.......I shall correct myself for your benefit........99.9 % of the time the only clownfish to host in sebae anenomes are clarkis and tomatoes the other .1 % are Daniella's fish ...... I would bank on going with the other 99.9 %, as suggested by this chart.... http://clownfish.webreefs.com/clownfish_anemones.php ...... and this one http://www.fishlore.com/clownfishanemonechart.htm ...... and this one http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume...wn_anemone.htm..... I could provide more but....

[Flash]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Excuse me...but I have a sebae and my occelaris took only 3 days to go in it and after a few days she would not leave it and was sleeping in it.

He has a long tentacles anemone. I had 2 clownfish previously and got a long tentacles and they never tried to host it, even after 3 months. I sold these 2 occelaris and the long tentacles and got 2 tank raised black ice occelaris and a sebae and they hosted it very fast.

Here is a video of my black ice in the sebae anemone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aZR2...yer_detailpage

you always have such a delightful tone when you write on these forums... try some respect for people.

not all clowns will host. I have had 4 different sets. 1 hosted my torch, another my open brain and two other refuse to host in anything. you can't force a fish to do something, it's either going to do it or not... so "excuse me" for my response to your opinion.

as for the original post, give the clowns time. I just added a new amazing milk anenome and they are curious, but won't fully go in it... it's a waiting game!!

- FLASH

[Coralgurl]

I've had 2 sets of clowns that have looked for hosts. My first 2 (black and white with the orange fins...sorry for not knowing their names), started trying to host my bubble coral. Bought a seabae nem and they were in it within 10 mins - I unfortunately lost the clowns and nem. My current clowns are seabae clowns and they are hosting my frogspawn along with my porcelain crab. Recently, I've noticed them wiggling in my brain coral. Once they move to the bigger tank, I will try another anenome for them. One thing I've noticed with these clowns is how territorial they are over the frogspawn and tend to only hang out by it. The original clown we had (jumped), didn't host anything and was quite active in the tank.

[daniella3d]

why don't you try it yourself?

Originally Posted by Flash

try some respect for people.