Tank raised False Clowns ::VS:: Anemne

[adamcatram]

So let me say, I am less than 6 months into my Saltwater Tank experience.
Unlike I hoped, my clown fish do not go near the anemone. I know they are tank raised and probably have never encountered one before. Does anyone know a trick to get them together.
After some thought I have come up with an idea. Try to follow.
I am going to stop sprinking flakes on top of the water. I am only going to feed the anemne and around it.
Hopfully this technique will get the clowns a step closer to hosting the anemone.
BUUT I need help, does anyone have any input I might find useful? Please and thank you.

 

[a. clarkii]

What kind of anemone do you have?

 

[imurnamine]

I heard that if you taped a picture of a clown hosting an anemone on the tank (so that the picture is facing them, not you) nearby your anem., that it will be more encouraging for them to check it out.

 

[a. clarkii]

Originally Posted by ImUrNamine
I heard that if you taped a picture of a clown hosting an anemone on the tank (so that the picture is facing them, not you) nearby your anem., that it will be more encouraging for them to check it out.
Haha...got any references?

 

[viper_930]

I did that picture trick and it worked for me. Not the first time I've heard of that method.

 

[milomlo]

Here is a good thread for u.....
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=200088

 

[zanski]

try buying one of those plastic bins you see in the LFS's tanks place the anemone and the clowns in them at the top of your tank for a short period of time, then try the food thing you were talking about. never tried it but i bet you would be suprised.

Good Luck! :cheer:

 

[viper_930]

Originally Posted by Zanski
try buying one of those plastic bins you see in the LFS's tanks place the anemone and the clowns in them at the top of your tank for a short period of time, then try the food thing you were talking about. never tried it but i bet you would be suprised.
I wouldn't try this. In such closed quarters the clown may get too close and get stung and killed by the anemone.
It takes time for the clown to "acclimate" itself to the anemone.

 

[a. clarkii]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
I wouldn't try this. In such closed quarters the clown may get too close and get stung and killed by the anemone.
It takes time for the clown to "acclimate" itself to the anemone.

Not necissarily. When I bought my pair of clarkiis they both instantly took to my Bluecarpet without hesitation. They had no acclimation what so ever. Now they probably have to acclimate themselves to anemones or corals that they don't naturally host in the wild. My female tomato clown took interest in my hammer coral but it took her one week to become fully acclimated.

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
I wouldn't try this. In such closed quarters the clown may get too close and get stung and killed by the anemone.
It takes time for the clown to "acclimate" itself to the anemone.

I agree.
Also, I have tank bred clowns that host, but it took them about eight months to start doing so.

 

[viper_930]

Joyce Wilkerson explains the clown's immunity to anemone stings on page 30-31 of her book, Clownfishes.
All the clowns I have in anemones took about a day of brushing against the tentacles of the RBTA before fully going into it.

 

[zanski]

viper no offence but how do you think a LFS gets a clown to host?

 

[viper_930]

The way I do it at my shop is just put the clown in the same tank as the anemone and just let instinct take over. At many fish stores the clowns and anemones aren't always kept together though. Saltwater fish would be kept at a lower salinity level to prevent parisites, but anemones are kept at the normal reef salinity.
Putting the clown and anemone together in confined spaces, netting the clown and pushing it into the anemone, or doing things similar to that could (but not necessarily as mentioned) get the clown stung and killed.

 

[adamcatram]

My anemone is a Florida Condi.

 

[adamcatram]

Thanks for the idea, I'm willing to try anything, monkey see monkey do.

 

[viper_930]

Conylactis anemones aren't natural hosts to any clownfish, so it may never become host to your clown.

 

[a. clarkii]

All clowns don't have an acclimation process. Like I said my clarkiis dove right into my Bluecarpet as soon as I put them in my tank. Put a big grouper in your tank and that will get your clownfish to host.

 

[viper_930]

Originally Posted by A. Clarkii
All clowns don't have an acclimation process. Like I said my clarkiis dove right into my Bluecarpet as soon as I put them in my tank.
Are you trying to say all species of clowns, or all individual clowns don't have an acclimation process? How many times have you gotten clarkiis?

 

[zanski]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
The way I do it at my shop is just put the clown in the same tank as the anemone and just let instinct take over. At many fish stores the clowns and anemones aren't always kept together though. Saltwater fish would be kept at a lower salinity level to prevent parisites, but anemones are kept at the normal reef salinity.
Putting the clown and anemone together in confined spaces, netting the clown and pushing it into the anemone, or doing things similar to that could (but not necessarily as mentioned) get the clown stung and killed.
I wonder why the lfs's i go to try the basket method. I was curious so i went a lfs today. I asked them why they do it and the lady told me to get clowns acclimated to the anemone before its owner trys to shove it in like you said! lol

 

[viper_930]

Hehe yup, at my shop I put a bunch of clowns (half dozen or so) in a tank with the anemones. The space they have is about 10-15 gallons and when they're in a group it seems like they learn from each other. Eventually all of the clowns snuggle into the anemone.