Clownfish Hosting Help!

reppo13 · 11/07/2009, 02:07 PM

Hi, i have two false percs and i have a bta. Currently they are hosting my leather mushroom coral.The bta has been in the tank for like a month and they havent noticed it that much. They are a pair and they used to host a sebae which got to big for the tank. Any ideas on how to get them to move to the bta?

rkelman · 11/07/2009, 09:18 PM

Just wait..

nikon187 · 11/07/2009, 10:11 PM

there is not really anything else you can do but wait.. some will some won't

Finsky · 11/08/2009, 12:31 AM

Wait or possibly move the leather mushroom to the opposite side of the anemone?

Finsky · 11/08/2009, 12:57 AM

Wait or possibly move the leather coral to the opposite side of the anemone?

deangelr · 11/08/2009, 10:37 AM

ive been trying for months.. haha, some of the tricks I have heard and tried are: light up the anemone/coral at night with a flashlight it can interest the clowns. Train the clowns to eat from your hand or something and then start drawing them towards the anemone. also this is my favorite (even though it didnt work). Place the coral next to the glass somewhere and prin out a big picture of another clownfish, tape that to the class adjacent to the anemone... Good luck

I am now trying to move my clown in the the fug alone with the corals well see what happens..

Finsky · 11/08/2009, 09:51 PM

Finsky · 11/08/2009, 09:59 PM

Options

1) Waiting?
2) Remove your leather coral?
3) Trade in your clowns for a different pair.
4) Trade in your clowns and anemone for a different pair of clowns and anmone.
???????????

I just took a Friday night time picture above of a Heteractis magnifica which I put in the tank yesterday from Drs. F & S to give my homeless Clarkii clowns there own home as the Cinnamon clowns have the Red Rose Bubble Tip. I have been lucky, I suppose, having both pairs of clowns host.

11/07/2009, 02:07 PM	#1
reppo13 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 6	Clownfish Hosting Help! Hi, i have two false percs and i have a bta. Currently they are hosting my leather mushroom coral.The bta has been in the tank for like a month and they havent noticed it that much. They are a pair and they used to host a sebae which got to big for the tank. Any ideas on how to get them to move to the bta?

11/08/2009, 12:31 AM	#4
Finsky Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142	Wait or possibly move the leather mushroom to the opposite side of the anemone? __________________ “No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise” ~ Lewis Carroll Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef tank - 5'L/18"W/26"H, two Rena XP4 canister filters, 2 Hagen 110 power filters, Aqua Medic Turboflotor SL skimmer, 2 Hydor Mag 8's Last edited by Finsky; 11/08/2009 at 12:53 AM.

11/08/2009, 12:57 AM	#5
Finsky Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142	Hmmmmm Wait or possibly move the leather coral to the opposite side of the anemone? __________________ “No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise” ~ Lewis Carroll Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef tank - 5'L/18"W/26"H, two Rena XP4 canister filters, 2 Hagen 110 power filters, Aqua Medic Turboflotor SL skimmer, 2 Hydor Mag 8's

11/08/2009, 09:51 PM	#7
Finsky Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142	__________________ “No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise” ~ Lewis Carroll Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef tank - 5'L/18"W/26"H, two Rena XP4 canister filters, 2 Hagen 110 power filters, Aqua Medic Turboflotor SL skimmer, 2 Hydor Mag 8's Last edited by Finsky; 11/08/2009 at 10:01 PM.

11/08/2009, 09:59 PM	#8
Finsky Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142	Options 1) Waiting? 2) Remove your leather coral? 3) Trade in your clowns for a different pair. 4) Trade in your clowns and anemone for a different pair of clowns and anmone. ??????????? I just took a Friday night time picture above of a Heteractis magnifica which I put in the tank yesterday from Drs. F & S to give my homeless Clarkii clowns there own home as the Cinnamon clowns have the Red Rose Bubble Tip. I have been lucky, I suppose, having both pairs of clowns host. __________________ “No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise” ~ Lewis Carroll Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef tank - 5'L/18"W/26"H, two Rena XP4 canister filters, 2 Hagen 110 power filters, Aqua Medic Turboflotor SL skimmer, 2 Hydor Mag 8's

11/07/2009, 09:18 PM	#2
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,055	Just wait..

11/07/2009, 10:11 PM	#3
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 2,565	there is not really anything else you can do but wait.. some will some won't

11/08/2009, 10:37 AM	#6
deangelr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 25	ive been trying for months.. haha, some of the tricks I have heard and tried are: light up the anemone/coral at night with a flashlight it can interest the clowns. Train the clowns to eat from your hand or something and then start drawing them towards the anemone. also this is my favorite (even though it didnt work). Place the coral next to the glass somewhere and prin out a big picture of another clownfish, tape that to the class adjacent to the anemone... Good luck I am now trying to move my clown in the the fug alone with the corals well see what happens..