Something other than anemone

[princess8077]

Tell me what things your clowns have hosted in please?
I dont want to get an anenome, and I like to watch the hosting activity!
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

 

[aquaknight]

Of these I wouldn't recommend, frogspawn (unless you have a HUGE one) and an long tentacle plate coral. I managed to save the frogspawn but they killed the LT plate.
Two that I would recommend are a larger toadstool and xenia. Both are hardy enough for hosting duty.

 

[teresaq]

mine have done zoos, regular smooth mushrooms and hairy mushrooms.

 

[debbie]

One of my clowns loves his mushrooms. I have green hairy ones and some regular ones that are quite big. At night he is right in the middle of the big ones and sleeps there. He also loves the toadstool too.
So you could not go wrong with mushrooms and toadstools....

 

[nereef]

feather dusters.

 

[sac10918]

Maximus has hosted frogspawn (although he swam below it rather than through it so I suppose that is why the frogspawn was not "harmed" by his hosting), hairy mushrooms, and xenia...Actually, he would just sleep in the xenia at night. It was pretty cute...the xenia would ball up once the lights would turn off and he would wedge himself in the branches and sleep there!

 

[ccampbell57]

My clowns are hosting a torch coral

 

[m0nk]

I bought a frogspawn about a year ago in hopes my clowns would host it. They haven't touched it once. Instead they've hosted mushrooms, and lately have taken to a rather large monti-cap.

 

[reefmate75]

i have zoos, mushrooms, a BIG toadstool, alot of xenia, mine didnt touch any of them...i put in a RBTA and they slipped right in...but if your wanting to try a toadstool...ive got a nice 12" when opened toadstool =)

they grow to dang fast hahai bought him about a year ago at 4" hes anywhere from 12-15" when open after he gets over light shock in the morning

 

[bmeeder]

Mine hosted a purple gonipora once. Well the gonipora went back into its skelton and never came back out because the clown wouldn't stop hosting it. 3 anenomes in the tank and it had to destroy my favorite piece

 

[aquaspirit04]

My clown has hosted in a spaghetti leather (or finger leather...there's so many names!) and he likes my long tentacle plate too, but not so much as the finger.

 

[chano]

My clowns host a mag-float. They have lots of options. Very large frogspawn, shrooms, zoos, toadstool and an anemone but they choosethe mag-float.

 

[krista921]

i didnt know clowns would host a finger leather
oh that made me excited so far my clowns dont host anything but i have a lil branching hammer??

 

[bpd]

My Clarkii hosts Xenia. He spends most of his time in the middle of half a dozen stalks of it.

 

[reefmate75]

Originally Posted by Krista921
i didnt know clowns would host a finger leather
oh that made me excited so far my clowns dont host anything but i have a lil branching hammer??
i think they would end up killing the hammer

 

[tangwhispr]

Clowns hosting anything other then an anemone will eventually kill its host, Corals are not meant for hosting, Frogspawn, torches, hammers, LT plates are not hosts...PERIOD. Some other corals can tollerate it better then others such as zoos, leathers, but still are not suitable hosts.

 

[princess8077]

wow! thanks for all the input.
I think mine are hosting the magfloat. When I move it the gal chases it down til it comes back to it's normal spot. so I was just wondering.

 

[ophiura]

Do you want or have corals?
There are also a lot of artificial anemones that are relatively realistic looking. I think they might work as well.

 

[chano]

Originally Posted by TangWhispr
Clowns hosting anything other then an anemone will eventually kill its host,

Oh man i hope they dont kill my mag-float i have noticed when they bring it food it doesn't seem to eat any of it.

 

[jtrzerocool]

i had a clown host a LT plate and it eventually killed the plate...i wouldnt recomend anything except for an anemone for a clown to host...