SRC Member FionaFiona Posted June 19, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 19, 2006 Anyone care to share tips on how u induce ur clowns to settle into an anemone or leather or elephant ear? (by settle down: I mean live in harmony with, wriggles happily on it). Both my clowns (1 True, 1 Sabae) pays no attention to my elephant ear ( which I bought as a surrogate anemone ). I refrain from anemones becuz of the known time-bomb threat, and I know there are substitutes like elephant ears. Before I bought this elephant ear from the LFS, I personally seen clowns wriggling happily on it, thats why I bought it (as a toy for my clowns). Any inputs appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chercm Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 they will just naturally host by themselves Quote Humble tank : Size: 4x2.5x2 ft - Display Equipment : Return 1 : Ecotech marine L1 Return 2 : Ecotech marine M1 CR : Skimz CM122 - Caribsea extra course media with Grotech magnesium Light : ATI 8x54W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jacobus Posted June 19, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 19, 2006 i dunno if there's a confirmed method out there but most of the times must see ther clowns own personality, the easy going kind would host to anything ... and the picky ones .. you prob can guess.. also depends on the species ... in my experience ... common clowns ( ocellaris ) would be the easiest to host to most kinds of stuff, elephant ears, hammers, gonios, even zoos. but other species another story ... hope this gives you some help ... also ... you can try placing the coral in some sort of enclosed spaced ( betta box maybe ) put in the clown and let them get to know each other ... once you see that the clown is getting comfortable with hosting ... you can transfer then coral back into the tank and the clown is sure to follow ... unless it decides that there is a better host somewhere in ur tank ... btw ... having 2 different species of clowns would hinder the host as when they get very aggressive once they host ... the 2 of ur clowns are prob having prob with each other and are hesitant of hosting ... thats what i think la ... had the same prob when i had 1 maroon and ocellaris ... only when the maroon up lorry than the other one hosted .. ( i had quite a few anemones hoping that both would host ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member fongster Posted June 19, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 19, 2006 i have a true percula that used to hang near the top right side of the tank and not swim about much, however when i introduced another smaller true percula, he/she decided to start to swim around and into my hammer, maybe this may help, they may not decide to host until they are thinking about reproducing anyway not all anemone is suitable for them, in the wild, they host the magnifica or something like that, can be a few metres across, so not suitable for our tanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I'm not that sure about elephant ears They'll probably eat up the clownfish Quote But if you tame me, we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW CHAETO Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrard_boon Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 why dun u try bubbles or hammers...clowns seems to take to them easier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Rex Ng Posted June 21, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 bubble and hammer will sting the fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrard_boon Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 my clown is hosting a bubbles...n i think many reefers has clowns that host hammars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ervine Posted June 21, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 mine never used to host in the hammer, although both have been in the tank for ages... then suddenly one day the clown just decided to do so and he's never left there since... So not too sure if it's possible to train them to host... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member cjh Posted June 21, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 I'm not that sure about elephant earsThey'll probably eat up the clownfish yup.. they will eat the clown... thats what they do in the wild... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Alvin Tan Posted June 21, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 the elephant ear will swallow the clowns... Quote view my 2ft tank thread update here!! http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36399 Tank Dimension: 24'x15'x19' with black silicon. All round 8mm. Equipments: Return Pump : Hailea HX6540 Skimmer/Chiller : Sicce 2500lph Skimmer : Weipro 2011 Lightings: 4xT5s HO..2 20,000k & 2 Blue Pro(Aquaz) Retrofits Chiller : Resun CL280 Auto Water Top Up Life Stock: More then 35kg of figi rocks Blue Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Bristletooth tang, Clown Tang, Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, Flame Angel, Six Line Wrasse, Sunrise Dottyback. 2 Cleaner Shrimp Green Bubble, Orange Yuma, Hammer, True Octopus, Acans, Frogspawn, Green/Orange Cyannaria, Red Prata, Red Open Brain, Star Polyp, Acan Enchinata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member alien07 Posted June 21, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 let nature take its own course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I agree with what everyone said above: The clowns probably won't (or shouldn't) host in the corals you mentioned. (Although you can never be sure as clowns are strange fish and will host in many strange things, including powerheads, LPS, cleaner magnets and old mop heads. JK about the mop heads...) But there are some tricks to help 'nature take its own course' a little quicker. You can shine a flashlight on the new (let's say) anemone at night, when all the other lights are off. It makes the anemone stand out like it's on stage, and timid clowns will often go check it out. This can lead to them hosting in it, assuming they're compatible species. It worked for my Two-band and the Sebae anemone. I've also heard of people who tape a picture of a similar clownfish on the outside of the tank near the anemone. Supposedly, the clown sees the other clown's picture near the anemone and copies it. Hard to believe, lol, but have heard it really works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dumdum Posted June 22, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 22, 2006 just let them find a host themselves my pair of false clown are hosting themselves on my frogspawn ..lol Quote My Humble Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ywng85 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Bear in mind goniopora can't host a clownfish. It'll die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jervismun Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Mine is definitely the easy going personality Quote Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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