marcwjj
Active Member
Just sharing my experience so far in having the clown fish picking Sebae anemone as their host.
I had a RBTA and a Sebae anemone (Heteractis Crispa) and 2 ocellaris clown (one normal, one darwin black) and I've tried pretty much every method I could find online, tube sliding, netting them near the nem, playing videos etc on iPad etc. None of them worked and the clown fish just kept ignoring the nems and preferred the flow nozzles
And finally I found one approach that worked out well: so I would put the Sebae and the clown fish into a medium breeder box (like this), the smaller box that can fit the nem the better, the goal is to leave little room for the clown to swim freely so they have to touch the nem. Give the fish and the nem a few hours to accommodate to the breeder box, then lift and angle the breeder box slightly above the water so the clown gets to touch the nem. Both the stings from the nem and the squeeze of water space will stress the clown and my theory is that it kicks their natural instinct to seek refuge in the anemone. After a couple of tries, the clown will start to host it and became inseparable I’ve so far had success on 3/3 ocellaris clowns.
(now the irony is, I'm facing the other side of the problem: these clowns kept stealing food from the Sebae, who's recovering from being bleached so I have to separate the clowns from the nem for now until it can get enough nutrition without feeding)
I had a RBTA and a Sebae anemone (Heteractis Crispa) and 2 ocellaris clown (one normal, one darwin black) and I've tried pretty much every method I could find online, tube sliding, netting them near the nem, playing videos etc on iPad etc. None of them worked and the clown fish just kept ignoring the nems and preferred the flow nozzles
And finally I found one approach that worked out well: so I would put the Sebae and the clown fish into a medium breeder box (like this), the smaller box that can fit the nem the better, the goal is to leave little room for the clown to swim freely so they have to touch the nem. Give the fish and the nem a few hours to accommodate to the breeder box, then lift and angle the breeder box slightly above the water so the clown gets to touch the nem. Both the stings from the nem and the squeeze of water space will stress the clown and my theory is that it kicks their natural instinct to seek refuge in the anemone. After a couple of tries, the clown will start to host it and became inseparable
I’ve so far had success on 3/3 ocellaris clowns.(now the irony is, I'm facing the other side of the problem: these clowns kept stealing food from the Sebae, who's recovering from being bleached so I have to separate the clowns from the nem for now until it can get enough nutrition without feeding)
