Clam hosting my clown!

[hardyhardyfish]

My clownfish has been treating my maxima clam like an anemone for the past month or so (thankfully the clam's adjusted to the little guy and has yet to snap shut on him...) My question is, I want to add a bubble-tip to my setup, and I'm curious if the clown will switch over to living in that over the clam once its in the water. Anyone have an idea on the odds of that happening.
Here's the little deviant, BTW...

 

[ninjamini]

Here is mine.

 

[teen]

only way i could see the clown switching is if you take the clam out for a week or two and put the anemone in its place. i doubt he'll switch over if you keep the clam in the tank.
my GSM hosts my squamosa, why dont you like yours hosting the clam?

 

[hardyhardyfish]

my GSM hosts my squamosa, why dont you like yours hosting the clam?
I'm always paranoid about the bugger getting squished, and for two I want the new BTA to host so it'll be 'happy' (ie: not die and poison the tank...)
It's also pathetic watching the little fishy try to wedge itself into the clam's maw at night when it's closed-up; it could bed in the anemone at noon or at night.

 

[teen]

the clam wont squish him.

 

[hardyhardyfish]

That's a relief, at least...

 

[rbaldino]

Originally Posted by ninjamini
Here is mine.
That may be the funniest thing I've ever seen.

 

[aztec reef]

only way i could see the clown switching is if you take the clam out for a week or two and put the anemone in its place. i doubt he'll switch over if you keep the clam in the tank.
dido, when you introduce something new to the tank a clown may take host in it, it doesn't have to be an anenome.

 

[conch]

Clowns host and spawn in my dead spinny oyster

All the tiny white spots under clowns are future food for my other fish (Clown eggs)
PS... Dont use Red Slime Remover if you have ByValves Any time I've use it I've killed them all (Pin oyster, spiny, cleaner clam, flames) All died with in 2 days of using RSR... Twice.

 

[renogaw]

mine "hosts" some dead, egg sized barnacles.