Two different clowns same aneame?

deftones

deftones

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Ok i have two different kinds of clowns in my tank, my mom bought the first one (small one, nemo style) and it would not go into the aneame so we bought the other one. Well after about two weeks i found this tonight.

is this normal for two different clowns to share one aneame? I thought it was odd.
 
bonermeister

bonermeister

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It is odd. Normally they fight. Some people use this as a method to get clown's to host. One species will not host when it is by itself, but all of the sudden when another clown is present there is this new found obsession to host the anemone so the other guy can't get it, then they take the loser out. Keep tabs on them, if they don't fight then you got lucky, but if they do take one of them back.
 
deftones

deftones

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Originally posted by Bonermeister
It is odd. Normally they fight. Some people use this as a method to get clown's to host. One species will not host when it is by itself, but all of the sudden when another clown is present there is this new found obsession to host the anemone so the other guy can't get it, then they take the loser out. Keep tabs on them, if they don't fight then you got lucky, but if they do take one of them back.
thats what i thought but for the first few weeks the little one didnt even look at the aneame or care about it then tonight it was in there.. we shall see what happens in the daylight. But if they do fight one will go back or we will try two get another aneame and hope the larger one does not take both.
 
deftones

deftones

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its a 55 gal and to be honest i dont know the lighting specs. I should but i dont. It was a while ago and i really didnt care to much about the equiment when we started this 2 years ago.
 
bonermeister

bonermeister

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I'm no expert, so maybe someone else can chime in, but most anemones require strong lighting like metal halides. If you don't have metal halides you may run into problems keeping anemones alive. How long have you had this anemone and have you had any before it?
 
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thomas712

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Your gonna need more light to keep that anemone alive.
Looks like a seabe and a false perc. If they get to lovin it and there is poor lighting then the anemone doesn't stand a chance IMO. clowns can literally love an anemone to death.
Sorry for the doom and gloom, so find out what type of lighting you have and tell us. Look for wattage on the bulbs, words like standard or NO or HO or VHO.
Thomas
 
deftones

deftones

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Originally posted by Bonermeister
I'm no expert, so maybe someone else can chime in, but most anemones require strong lighting like metal halides. If you don't have metal halides you may run into problems keeping anemones alive. How long have you had this anemone and have you had any before it?
thanks for the advice i guess i should go read up on the lights i got huh? its been in there for a few weeks now we shall see what happens to it.
 
cliffrouse11bas

cliffrouse11bas

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If you dont know what type of lighting you have you definately dont have metal halide and to have a anenome in a 55 you need halides. If you had halides you would know it because they are not cheap.
 
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thomas712

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Originally posted by Bonermeister
I'm no expert, so maybe someone else can chime in, but most anemones require strong lighting like metal halides.
Not necessarily MH, I use 380 watts of VHO and from one BTA I now have at least 5 of them and a rock/flower anemeone. But I would love MH over my tank, maybe after xmas.
Thomas
 
deftones

deftones

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I have never changed the bulbs on these. The front light we did b/c its that light that the picture was taken in. Sorry im really a newbie when it comes to the equiment expecially lighting. I cant find the box for our lighting stuff but when we got it i belive it was a compact or somthing along those lines. We got it at a local saltwater fish store. Anyone know a place online that sells these MH bulbs or units?
 
wrassecal

wrassecal

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You don't need MH for the anenome. You do need around 4 watts per gallon of either power compact or (my preference) VHO. You also need to feed the anenome about 3 times a week with a silverside, or pencil ereaser size chunk of squid, shrimp, krill etc. Lighting, feeding and stable tank conditions are the key to keeping the anenome alive. HTH
 
deftones

deftones

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We have a power compaq light, but i dont know the wattage. Also we do feed it silversides.
also today they are not fighting.. so isnt this still strange that two different clowns are sharing the one host? I think its pretty neat but iv always heard that this would never happen.
 
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iluvfish

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You do need around 4 watts per gallon of either power compact or (my preference) VHO.
Sorry to interrupt, but I have JBJ compact lighting 4x65. 2 actinics, 2 whites. Is this enough lighting for anemones?
P.S. Love the px of those clowns! Hope all goes well!
 
wrassecal

wrassecal

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Originally posted by iluvfish
Sorry to interrupt, but I have JBJ compact lighting 4x65. 2 actinics, 2 whites. Is this enough lighting for anemones?
That would give you 260 watts over a 55 or 4.72 wpg. The lighting is important because the anenome hosts zooxanthellae (symbiotic algae). If you are thinking of getting an anenome then I would only advocate for a tank raised bubble tip.
 
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