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11/11/2012, 12:23 AM | #1 |
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HELP: Why my clown has left the anemone since in the tam
Hi everyone, hoping to get some help. I bought a clown fish and anemone together from shop. Since its been in the tank it hasn't gone back to the anemone. I had another tank raised clown in the tank already that seems to hang to the top of the tank, not sure if this hasn't anything to do with the clown not taking up home back in the anemone... The anemone is a pink tip and the clowns are both ocellaris. If any one has any ideas to bring both clowns into anemone would be appreciated... Cheers ... p.S.. Water quality is good, good lighting and other fish are doing well... Healthy tank.... Second Clown and its anemone have been in the tank for 3 days so far, Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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11/11/2012, 02:08 AM | #2 |
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Good luck typically they will do what they want. I've seen clowns that only host in leathers or torches or not host at all. from what I've read it is a crap shoot. if they hosted before they may go back, but they may not like where the anemone is. Might be a territorial ego battle for a few days with the new clown in the tank.
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What is the species of the anemone?
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Its a Pink tip anemone... The clown that I bought with the anemone was already hosting when i bought from the shop, this is why we find it so strange that now the clown has no interest to host with the anemone now we have move them to our tank. The clown I had originally that is hanging to the top of the tank, the other seems to go and hang with the little clown at the top of the tank once the lights have switched off. Would this be alittle 'monkey see, monkey do'. Are there any tricks to have both clowns find the anemone? or should I remove the tank raised clown out of the tank and see if the other clown will re-host with the anemone then add the other clown back to the tank ? hopefully then the tank raised clown may follow... ?? any sugestions please let me know... its driving us crazy...
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Pink tip anemone is not a type it is a description of the anemone. Understandable to not know the name but perhaps a picture would help us identify it for you. Thinking of anemone that can be pink tipped means it is most likely a condy/BTA/sebae, all of which can have pink tips (others can to but I don't see them in the LFS often). Either way without a picture we can't identify it for you.
If your new clownfish is a juvenile and the one you already had is a female than there is a good chance your new fish is following her around looking to match up. If she eventually finds the anemone he will try to follow her eventually, or perhaps he may go back in on his own. Either way the chances are more than likely that your anemone is not a natural host to your clownfish. That means that even though you saw the clownfish with the anemone in the store there may be a low chance that it will re-associate with the anemone in your tank. Not saying it is impossible or unlikely but that it is possible your new fish will ignore the anemone completly. If you want your fish to associate with your anemone your best bet is to use an anemone they naturally associate with in the wild. Magnificas and true carpet anemones are natural hosts to your clownfish in the wild but may or may not be suitable for your tank.
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Fish hangin at the top could be low oxygen levels. Whats used for water flow in there and the tank size?
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A pic would be most helpful. What matters most in getting a clownfish to be hosted by an anemone is putting a natural host in. For ocellaris, magnifica and gigantea are natural hosts. If you provide a natural host, it's almost a certainty that your clownfish will quickly go to the anemone. The instinct to go to a natural host anemone species is based on scent, recent empirical evidence suggests.
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It is a BTA, E. quadricolor, which is not a natural host of Ocelaris or Percula clown fish. In captivity, they may accept this anemone as host or they may not.
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The clowns are never closely stay with an unnatural host. My Percula never more than a few inches away from my Magnifica or Gigantea. With unnatural host they can just come in and out but no tight association like the one between the clowns and their natural host.
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Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea are the two natural hosts occasionally seen in the aquarium trade, Stichodactyla mertensii is also a natural host, but are imported very infrequently.
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