I just did this 2 weeks ago with 3 pink skunk clowns and a large magnifica anemone. It took all of 20seconds and all 3 clowns went right in and are now hosting. This works!
Yeah I did this tonight and the clown touched the nem than swam away!
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I just did this 2 weeks ago with 3 pink skunk clowns and a large magnifica anemone. It took all of 20seconds and all 3 clowns went right in and are now hosting. This works!
I just did this 2 weeks ago with 3 pink skunk clowns and a large magnifica anemone. It took all of 20seconds and all 3 clowns went right in and are now hosting. This works!
Bummer, was hoping that would work.Well I just got the female out of the tank and had an acrylic tube big enough to go down over the anemone and I put the clown in and she swam down and just would not go into the nem! She was, looked to be, scared to go into it!!! I started to slowly pour tank water in to encourage her to go, and she went down and touched the nem for a second and swam out away from the tube!! And she has been back to it to look at the rbt a couple times but that's it....so at this point its just going to have to be patience or its just not gonna happen! O well, thanks for any and all suggestions peeps!
Bummer, was hoping that would work.
Honestly in my opinion, ocellaris are the hardest at trying to get them to host an anemone. I've had some that took two years to host a BTA, while others took several months to host. I've had better luck with clownfish that are members of the clarkii complex such as regular clarkii, bicinctus, and latifasciatus, which are all tank bred, who took to hosting in several days from long tentacle, BTA, and carpets. They even hosted hair algae (LOL), frogspawns, and other type of corals.
So point to this is, if you want them to host, give them time as this will allow them to host in their own time. Or if you don't have patience, get a less picky clownfish.
I just did this 2 weeks ago with 3 pink skunk clowns and a large magnifica anemone. It took all of 20seconds and all 3 clowns went right in and are now hosting. This works!
Well I just got the female out of the tank and had an acrylic tube big enough to go down over the anemone and I put the clown in and she swam down and just would not go into the nem! She was, looked to be, scared to go into it!!! I started to slowly pour tank water in to encourage her to go, and she went down and touched the nem for a second and swam out away from the tube!! And she has been back to it to look at the rbt a couple times but that's it....so at this point its just going to have to be patience or its just not gonna happen! O well, thanks for any and all suggestions peeps!
Best 2 methods...
Noodle strainer + anemone
+ clowns + 24 hrs= host
5 gallon bucket + airstone + clowns + anemone + a couple of hrs= host. Watch temps
I didn’t mention anything about being inhumane, as I believe that statement is completely false. There is absolutely no way getting a clownfish to host an anemone is inhumane period. Honestly that’s the most silly thing I’ve heard in a while, not to be rude, so many people have done this. It’s literalky coaxing your fish to do what they do naturally. And in no shape way or form hurts them goodness.Ok, so I took your advice on this as I have talked to every single person on YouTube that has had success with this, including farm boy reef, and I've got them with the RBT in a huge strainer. They keep doing this really fast wiggling motion in front of the nem.
They have touched the nem a few times so the last thing I tried and this one is no way not in anyway inhumane! I'm very sorry that you feel that way but I would never force them in anything that would kill them like that or make it a "painful home" lol! And its kind of like a water slide for fish, the last thing that I tried you said is inhumane! Lol come on bro, they have the mucus period. Whether tank raised or not, it started with a species from the wild, so they have it and are not getting stung nor is it a painful home bc they are touching the nem on their own! Anyways, going to keep these guys in here prob overnight and hope for the best, if not than its OK and if so than great!
So I was curious if this shaking thing they are doing is developing or making the mucus come out or what?
Also, I'm lowering the lights and I see the clown a little bigger the female, is in the nem. And the male goes in too. But every time the female tries to get close to the nem the male nips at her and chases her out....should I take him out of the strainer ?
I would leave them in a little longer, it sounds that you don’t have a maited pair or clowns yet? The female should be making the male submit not the other way around.Ok, so I took your advice on this as I have talked to every single person on YouTube that has had success with this, including farm boy reef, and I've got them with the RBT in a huge strainer. They keep doing this really fast wiggling motion in front of the nem.
They have touched the nem a few times so the last thing I tried and this one is no way not in anyway inhumane! I'm very sorry that you feel that way but I would never force them in anything that would kill them like that or make it a "painful home" lol! And its kind of like a water slide for fish, the last thing that I tried you said is inhumane! Lol come on bro, they have the mucus period. Whether tank raised or not, it started with a species from the wild, so they have it and are not getting stung nor is it a painful home bc they are touching the nem on their own! Anyways, going to keep these guys in here prob overnight and hope for the best, if not than its OK and if so than great!
So I was curious if this shaking thing they are doing is developing or making the mucus come out or what?
Also, I'm lowering the lights and I see the clown a little bigger the female, is in the nem. And the male goes in too. But every time the female tries to get close to the nem the male nips at her and chases her out....should I take him out of the strainer ?
what evidence do you base that on? Ive already detailed the science behind it (simply) but my source of information was a couple of marine biologists who graduated from Macquarie University in Australia, who spent a good number of years on the great barrier reef collecting data and information of clownfish and other damsel species. It may be inhumane, period.I didn’t mention anything about being inhumane, as I believe that statement is completely false. There is absolutely no way getting a clownfish to host an anemone is inhumane period. Honestly that’s the most silly thing I’ve heard in a while, not to be rude, so many people have done this. It’s literalky coaxing your fish to do what they do naturally. And in no shape way or form hurts them goodness.