clown hosting brain

[deelucky]

i had a piar of false percs but i lost one so i recently purchased one from my lfs and he doesnt want anything to do with my other clown who is always behind him.hopefully they'll pair up,but in the mean time the new guy found a home in my green open brain.he is closed no cause its bed time.

 

[reefnut]

I'd watch the brain close. A lot of corals tolerate clowns fine but others do not. I'm not sure how the brain will react but hopefully it will be fine??

 

[deelucky]

will do but what signs should i look for?

 

[reefnut]

Not opening all the way, any damage or tissue irritation. Some times you can just move a coral to the other side of the tank and the clown will leave it alone.

 

[puffer32]

I agree with reefnut. My clown is hosting afew of my corals right now, some seem to get irritated by this, so I am thinking about getting an anenome for him so he will leave the corals alone hopefully I am pretty sure my t5's will support one, is that an option for you?

 

[fishieness]

my clowns used to host my open brain. The brain did great, didnt care at all. But since the clownfish nussled up against it at night, they did have some black spots on them from stings. But these stings were just concentration of melinin and didnt hurt the clowns at all that i could see. However, they have since moved. I had some macro that envaded the space of the brain and they had switched to that. more cover. As the macro grew along my tank, the clowns followed it, stopping at a patch of anthillia once i removed most of the macro. They now love it there, but the male seems to spend more time there than the female.

 

[cabin7882]

I have 1 Ocellaris Clown in my 46 gal and wanted another one for a while now I have probably had him for 4 months or so can I get another one or will they fight?

 

[deelucky]

i had a pair and one died,i got the second one a month later and as soon as i put the bag in to float my other clown went straight to the bag and started shaking and all this crazy stuff but once i was done and i put the clown in the tank he followed the new clown all over the place,never fought and no there all on each other (good thing)lol.

 

[cabin7882]

so u think my Ocellaris Clown would be all good if I added another one after it beinbg by itself for 4 months? Oh what happened to ur clown do you know why it died?

 

[deelucky]

i think so, clowns are social and i like i said my clown is happier now since he lost his partner.he used to chase my striped damsel all over the place now he dont even pay attention to the damsel anymore.good luck give it a try.mine wanted to break through the bag when he saw the other clown lol

 

[cabin7882]

well I'm glad it worked for u I'd hate to see them fight or something I get so nervous when adding new fish u know. so even though it looked like they'd fight they didn't?

 

[deelucky]

right no fighting,no chasing no nothing my older one just shook alot ,he used to do that with his late female clown.let me see if i can get a pic .

 

[deelucky]

just click on the pic its a video and you'll see them when i get to the left side of the tank.enjoy

 

[cabin7882]

WOW thanks so cool thanks your tank looks great!

 

[miaheatlvr]

Thanks for anybody who offered help! Now i will just keep a close eye on him!

 

[deelucky]

thanks im still working on it but thats been about almost six months of work i just recently got a nova extreme t-5 ho. so its going pretty good now im trying to figure out if there is a mantis shrimp in my tank so far everything is cool and no one was killed but i have to find out soon before he reeks havok.

 

[deelucky]

Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
Thanks for anybody who offered help! Now i will just keep a close eye on him!
very nice clown with lta,very pretty.

 

[mag395]

My False Percula also sleeps in my open brain coral at night. The coral stings it every night. The coral doesn't show any signs of irritation. I guess it's more comfy than the sand...

 

[zibnata]

mine too.