do pics of clowns hosting help getin ur clown to host?

[camillo]

i recently brought a bta as my first anenome, i have a pair of clowns and i reallly want them to host, i noe its basically a waitin game, and they very well may never host it, but ive heard a pic of a clown hostin on the side of the tank helps. i jus wanna noe if its worked for many ppl and if they noe any other way which may help. ive had the bta for about 4 weeks now, very early days i noe, but the clowns dont seem at all interested in it.

 

[jeepxj922]

I've tried it, it didn't work for me but I've heard many different stories and I'm sure you'll get some good replies

 

[stieger]

Folks,
It's a joke. The fact that you'd put a picture on your tank to "help" educate a clown to host is absolutely funny to me.
There's no way to objectively state, "once my clown saw the picture, his brain reminded him he needed to host the anemone..."
Just give it time. Feed the clown near the anemone and it may decide to "hang out..."
I use an eye dropper, and "shoot" the food just over the anemone so the clowns can grab whatever they want, and stay close to the anemone. It's worked for me both times within a week...

 

[grabbitt]

I've been using my dropper to shoot the food around and on my LTA the last couple days to try to get my marroon to hang around. My clown steers clear anyway while my little peppermint shrimp run up onto the LTA for a feast

 

[stieger]

Give it some time man, once that clown gets hungry enough, he won't "care" there's an LTA "in his way." He may even like sitting there. It could be he's getting stung as the fish gets "acclimated" to the LTA. Where does the clown sleep at night? I notice my clowns head straight for the BTA as soon as "lights out..."
Best,
Stieger

 

[grabbitt]

I think my clown has been getting stung and is still getting used to it, but my yellow clown gobies and peppermint shrimp seem to settle on my LTA without a problem. Why wouldn't it sting them, too?
My clown likes to sleep in a cove on a piece of live rock just next to the anemone. It may seem that he is trying to stay close to protect the LTA, but he doesn't defend it from the heniochus, shrimp, or gobies... He merely stays there because he claimed that spot a while before the LTA was even in the tank.

 

[chinpokomon]

I have found that rearranging the rock in my tank is a useful tool for introducing new members to an established tank. It generally makes all the fish find a new “favorite spot” and allows the new guy to find a place. This may help your situation by shifting the clowns "spot" (or not, this is just a suggestion). You may never coax an unmated clown into your LTA. If the rock move doesn’t help or is too radical for you, you may want to buy either a larger or smaller clownfish they will change --- on their own after awhile if there is a large enough difference in their size (and they don’t kill each other in the mean time). At that point they should seek out your LTA for protection to mate. Good Luck!