Tank raised False Clowns ::VS:: Anemne

[a. clarkii]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
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?
Easy there tiger. Do you have any references to prove that clownfish need an acclimation process? The question should be how many clarkiis have you had? To answer your question, I have had more than enough.
Alright, I did an experiment about a year ago with a few others about clownfish. My question was if they really needed a true acclimation process. Well I had a 300 gallon cube with 2x400 watt Halides over the tank. In the tank, there were crates holding BTAs, closer to the light. Underneath were groupers, wrasses and triggers. What I did was get a bunch of clownfish and threw them in the tank. Each clownfish took to an anemone instantly. Out of the 50 I put in there, not one of them was eaten. The wrasses, groupers and triggers all had an easy meal opportunity but none took advantage simply because of the fact that the clowns were protected. After this, I have concluded that a presense of a predator will influence a clownfish to host. Although I am sure there are exceptions.

 

[viper_930]

I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking your credibility, they were honest questions. I didn't understand exactly what you meant by all clowns, and I was just wondering what you were basing your facts on. Just questions, I wasn't trying to discredit you.
As I said, Joyce Wilkerson explains the clowns immunity to anemone stings on page 30-31. The acclimation process isn't the only theory (and I stress theory), but it's one that I believe to be true. In my own personal tanks and two years working at a fish store, I've never seen a clown dive right away into an anemone without taking time to immunize itself by darting into and away from the anemone's tentacles.
I do understand where you're coming from, and I'm not saying you're incorrect, so I included that in one of my past replies in parenthases.
Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
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.
As far as I'm concerned, we're both correct.

 

[a. clarkii]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking your credibility, they were honest questions. I didn't understand exactly what you meant by all clowns, and I was just wondering what you were basing your facts on. Just questions, I wasn't trying to discredit you.
As I said, Joyce Wilkerson explains the clowns immunity to anemone stings on page 30-31. The acclimation process isn't the only theory (and I stress theory), but it's one that I believe to be true. In my own personal tanks and two years working at a fish store, I've never seen a clown dive right away into an anemone without taking time to immunize itself by darting into and away from the anemone's tentacles.
I do understand where you're coming from, and I'm not saying you're incorrect, so I included that in one of my past replies in parenthases.
As far as I'm concerned, we're both correct.
Well the other day I bought a pair of clarkiis and as I released the female, she literally dove right into the anemone. Here is a picture of it...

 

[a. clarkii]

Here is a pic now of the female hosting the bluecarpet. She has never left it sense.