Clown hosting Goniapora!

newbieabc

newbieabc

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I got this huge beautiful goniapora about a week ago, and now the clowns are hosting it. They lost their anemone about a month ago, so they got into the goniapora as soon as they saw it.
I decided to get an anemone to get them to host the anemone. What I did was cut amilk jug in half and put it over the goniapora, so the clowns cant host it. I was hoping that they would venture away and discover the anemone, and host it.
I would just like some reasurance that what I'm doing is ok, and maybe the encouragement, or If anyone has tried anything like this, or if you think this will work.
Anything would be much appreciated!

 
lexluethar

lexluethar

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Ya good luck with that:)
I had the exact same thing happen to me, except i didn't lose an anemone i just didn't have one a the time. They ended up hosting the thing to death b/c every time they touched it it would retract. Had the flowerpot for four months prior with NO problems at all, they are beautiful. It would fully open up all the time... stupid clowns...
Anywho you have the right idea, the problem is until they start hosting something else they will go back to the flowerpot, so unless you want to explain to people from here on out about how you can't cultivate milkjugs in a fishtank and its to protect your coral, cross your fingers and hope they find the anemone. I'm not sure how long that it will last under the milk jug either, because most of the light is being blocked (try a clear soda bottle) and from what i've found algae likes to grow under the bottle since there is less flow.
You are doing all you can, keep up the good work. Most people would have let the hosting continue then asked (like myself) why their coral died.
Keep us posted!
 
newbieabc

newbieabc

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Thanks for the encouragement!
Um, this weekend I'm going to replace the half milk jug with a mesh tent, that way it will have circulation and lighting.
Hopefully the clowns will host the anemone themselves, if not i may try catching them in the net and putting th enet up against the anemone.
Could this happen?
 
dnraiders

dnraiders

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im sorry to tell you that clowns will prefer a gonipora over anything. they are very sensitve and it will get killed. good luck
 
blownz281

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These animals do very poor in tanks and don't last long. they will look great for sometime then all of a sudden waste away. they just lack something out of the wild the fish keeper can't give them. I read this years ago.
 
newbieabc

newbieabc

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Originally Posted by dnraiders
http:///forum/post/2559864
im sorry to tell you that clowns will prefer a gonipora over anything. they are very sensitve and it will get killed. good luck
I hope everything works out, they are getting very curios about the anemone.
Originally Posted by dnraiders
http:///forum/post/2559865
how big is that tank???????
56gal
Originally Posted by blownz281
http:///forum/post/2560379
These animals do very poor in tanks and don't last long. they will look great for sometime then all of a sudden waste away. they just lack something out of the wild the fish keeper can't give them. I read this years ago.
I've read this before also, but my neighbor has had one for about three years, and I hope to do the same, not very likly though with theses stupid clowns.
 
newbieabc

newbieabc

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I have devised a plan in which to get my clowns to host the anemone. Call me harsh, but I wish to catch the female clown in a net and force it into the anemone.
My questions are:
-Can I harm them?
-Wont affect their mental state?
-If I was to catch a clown, the female would be the ideal one, right? The male will follow after?
Thanks for the input,
Austin
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by newbieABC
http:///forum/post/2556222
and now the clowns are hosting it.
The goniopora is hosting the clowns.
The stationary object is the host... Not the clowns

Just a little technicality jargon for you.
 
reefmate75

reefmate75

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Originally Posted by newbieABC
http:///forum/post/2567135
I have devised a plan in which to get my clowns to host the anemone. Call me harsh, but I wish to catch the female clown in a net and force it into the anemone.
My questions are:
-Can I harm them?
-Wont affect their mental state?
-If I was to catch a clown, the female would be the ideal one, right? The male will follow after?
Thanks for the input,
Austin
i dont recoment forceing your clown into a anemone, they have to get used to the anemones sting befor just jumping in or they to will be stung, and depending on what kind of anemone it is they might not go in it at all
 
newbieabc

newbieabc

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2567299
The goniopora is hosting the clowns.
The stationary object is the host... Not the clowns

Just a little technicality jargon for you.

...Right, I knew that.
But really, thinking about it, that makes perfect sense!
Thanks for the correction!
 
newbieabc

newbieabc

Member
Originally Posted by reefmate75
http:///forum/post/2567384
i dont recoment forceing your clown into a anemone, they have to get used to the anemones sting befor just jumping in or they to will be stung, and depending on what kind of anemone it is they might not go in it at all
Well, the lsf I bought it from said it was a bubble tip, and I belive they are ok, right? Could I potentially kill the clowns?
I know what I'm going to have to end up doing is to bring the goniapora back. What if I was to buy another goniapora of a different species? Do you think they would host that too?
Thanks,
Austin
 
lexluethar

lexluethar

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I think you need to make a choice, return the clowns or return the flowerpot coral. Because both in the same tank will mean death for the flowerpot coral.
I don't think it is a good idea to force your clowns into the anemone, for one it would be extremley difficult, you may damage the anemone, and you may kill your clown by having the anemone sing / eat it.
Just because a lfs says it is a bta doesn't mean it is one. Just because i say one thing doesn't necessarily mean it is truth, lookup pictures online and see if you can ID the anemone yourself. I think if you buy a different flowerpot the clowns will just start hosting that too, so it is lose-lose. Even IF your clowns started hosting the anemone they would probably still host the flowerpot from time to time. I know my clowns will mostly host my anemone, but from time-to-time they go to my mushrooms or hammer and host that for a few minutes as well.
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by newbieABC
http:///forum/post/2567794
...Right, I knew that.
But really, thinking about it, that makes perfect sense!
Thanks for the correction!

I knew you knew.

It was..."everybody else" I was posting that for.

 
newbieabc

newbieabc

Member
Originally Posted by LexLuethar
http:///forum/post/2567819
I think you need to make a choice, return the clowns or return the flowerpot coral. Because both in the same tank will mean death for the flowerpot coral.
I don't think it is a good idea to force your clowns into the anemone, for one it would be extremley difficult, you may damage the anemone, and you may kill your clown by having the anemone sing / eat it.
Just because a lfs says it is a bta doesn't mean it is one. Just because i say one thing doesn't necessarily mean it is truth, lookup pictures online and see if you can ID the anemone yourself. I think if you buy a different flowerpot the clowns will just start hosting that too, so it is lose-lose. Even IF your clowns started hosting the anemone they would probably still host the flowerpot from time to time. I know my clowns will mostly host my anemone, but from time-to-time they go to my mushrooms or hammer and host that for a few minutes as well.
Yeah, well I've come to realize that your right, and its hopeless to have the goniapora and clowns together.
Later on today when my father gets home, I'm going to take it up the the lfs and get half price back (which stinks).
I'll let you guys know what happens.
Thanks,
Austin
Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2567963
I knew you knew.

It was..."everybody else" I was posting that for.


...honestly, I would have said that for some time before I figured that out. Its kind of funny because I've been correcting my family's gramatical errors for a while, Its nice to have it vis-versa.
:)
 
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