Captive Clowns and Anemones

[nudibranch]

Hi,
I was wondering if there is any way to entice a captive bred clownfish into accepting an Anemone host?

 

[gimmito]

Try squirting some live brine shrimp w/garlic near the anenome...it always works for me.

 

[nudibranch]

I only have non-living food would that work?

 

[porksmash]

This seems ridiculous, but I've read that taping a picture of clowns in an anemone to the side of your tank sort of gives them some inspiration: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=243505

 

[GDawson]

Mine never had a problem...it just took a couple of days.

-Gregory

 

[treylane]

It can take days or even months, but they'll find it eventually. Imo it's not worth stressing the clowns or yourslf trying to rush things. Feed them near the nem and be patient.

 

[patrickb]

Put the rock that the anemone is attached and clownfish into a small container for a couple hours. That often speeds things up.

 

[skyline377]

I got a pair of captive bred black clowns 1/2" and 3/4" for a month now and they haven't take notice of my RBT in my BC29. It took my pair of Ocellaris only a week in my 72. I would just wait it out.

 

[650-IS350]

Months now, captive bred black clowns could care less about my RBTA.

 

[GDawson]

Must be a case by case basis. My captive bred black clowns had no prob with it.....just a couple of days. Before they were in my nano and had started hosting in some fuzzy mushrooms.


-Gregory

 

[Thales]

What kind of clowns and what kind of anemone? They don't all go together.