st9z November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 New Experiment I did. Many might have done this before but I'll share with you all my wonderfull experience. I want my clownfish to host my anemone so badly. Unfortunately I couldn't find any tips anywhere in the forum except "if it happens it happens." Also a lot of ppl say it is not common to see an ocellaris host a RBTA. Soo I decided to target feed my RBTA every night after all the other fish goes to sleep. I figure if I do that the clowns will be a little interested in the anemone and might one day gain the courage enough to host. After 3 days of target feeding the RBTA at night I give you this....wooHoo Now if only I can get Kirbmy to share with Nemo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 Wow that's great. My Tomato Clowns took right to my BTA but I have Ocellaris Clowns in another new tank and they don't seem interested at all. It's just the two clowns and the BTA. Would you suggest I try this? Do you think it matters what time I do it since they are the only ones in the tank? It's only been a few days since the Clowns went in. Should I leave them all alone for longer or do you think it's safe to start trying this now? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z November 12, 2007 Author Share November 12, 2007 Wow that's great. My Tomato Clowns took right to my BTA but I have Ocellaris Clowns in another new tank and they don't seem interested at all. It's just the two clowns and the BTA. Would you suggest I try this? Do you think it matters what time I do it since they are the only ones in the tank? It's only been a few days since the Clowns went in. Should I leave them all alone for longer or do you think it's safe to start trying this now? Thanks Have you feed your anemone any food before? I dont see why you couldnt try it, but if you havent feed your anemone before just feed it a small portion of food and see how it takes it for a couple of days first before jumping in. I had my anemone on the far left of my tank when it was small and fed it every couple of days so that it would get big enough for my clowns. After a month it double in size and I felt like it was strong enough for the clowns to host soo I move it to the middle of my tank where the clowns like to hang out and did the experiment. Let me know how it goes if you decide to do the "experiment." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 Wow that's great. My Tomato Clowns took right to my BTA but I have Ocellaris Clowns in another new tank and they don't seem interested at all. It's just the two clowns and the BTA. Would you suggest I try this? Do you think it matters what time I do it since they are the only ones in the tank? It's only been a few days since the Clowns went in. Should I leave them all alone for longer or do you think it's safe to start trying this now? Thanks You should take note Scott, that RBTA is a relative of the one you have. Nice color huh. Good to see your clowns have found a new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lletellier November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 just curious... do you want clowns hosting in an anem that small?? I know the anem takes a beating but will it do any damage, especially when it is barely bigger than the fish? Either way congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigJPDC November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 You are very lucky!! My percs will follow me around if I am in front of the tank so once when I was bored I sat in front of my RBTA for over a half hour, forcing them to swim very close to the RBTA. I thought I saw them thinking about jumping in but that could have just been the margaritas. They do not care at all, but I am going to try that target feeding trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller7 November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 just curious... do you want clowns hosting in an anem that small?? I know the anem takes a beating but will it do any damage, especially when it is barely bigger than the fish? Either way congrats! Great question. Perc's and Ocellaris tend to be a bit more gentle on anemones then some of the bigger bruisers. It is still a good idea to try and stay in the 3x anemone to 1x clown ratio. Reason being, quite a few clowns chew on tentacles. I would expect the female to let in the male in a few weeks, especially if you get that anemone to grow out a bit ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 Great job, Niki! Clever thinking! Now, good luck getting anything done for the next few days. All I could do was watch the clowns. Even now, a flash will catch my eye, and it is one of the clowns dive-bombing the anemone. So much fun to watch!! Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 GREAT Information. James. The RBTA is beautiful and my wife even loves it. She said that if she would have know how it looked that she would have had one a long time ago. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z November 12, 2007 Author Share November 12, 2007 Great question. Perc's and Ocellaris tend to be a bit more gentle on anemones then some of the bigger bruisers. It is still a good idea to try and stay in the 3x anemone to 1x clown ratio. Reason being, quite a few clowns chew on tentacles. I would expect the female to let in the male in a few weeks, especially if you get that anemone to grow out a bit ;>) The anemone is actually pretty big. It practcally double in size seem James gave it to me. The pics above were taken at night when the anemone is all shrunk and small. Here is a day pic of one happy anemone. James the colors are great! Tracy, I know what you mean. I couldn't sleep all night in my room so I had a lil sleep over in front of the tank. My back hurts but it was all worth it. You are very lucky!! My percs will follow me around if I am in front of the tank so once when I was bored I sat in front of my RBTA for over a half hour, forcing them to swim very close to the RBTA. I thought I saw them thinking about jumping in but that could have just been the margaritas. They do not care at all, but I am going to try that target feeding trick. Thanks a bunch! Good luck to you. Make sure the anemone is full first and that he leaves a couple of food strains on the sides. Hopefully it would entice your clowns to come close and eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggies07 November 12, 2007 Share November 12, 2007 Awesome. I can't wait till I am ready to introduce my clowns to the anemones I got at the fall meeting. I know my clowns will all take the anemones right up. All my clowns have had an anemone in the past, but their anemones did not make the move from TX as well as they did. :( Hopefully soon enough. Sad thing is, I have to get the BTA big enough for my maroons. The LTA I got will go with Tomatos and the LTA is already very big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z November 21, 2007 Author Share November 21, 2007 new rbta i purchased from Khanh over the weekend. after a couple of hours after using the feed the anemone method the clowns jumped in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer November 21, 2007 Share November 21, 2007 That's a nice one, Niki! Do you have it right next to your first one? How are they getting along? Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak November 21, 2007 Share November 21, 2007 thats huuge, is it a bta or lta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigJPDC November 21, 2007 Share November 21, 2007 very cool st9z - congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer November 21, 2007 Share November 21, 2007 thats huuge, is it a bta or lta? I thought it might be an LTA too when I saw it on Khanh's auction. It has that more open center and scattered tentacles. I've seen a red one before though. Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z November 21, 2007 Author Share November 21, 2007 The old rbta is to the left of the new one. They seem to get along fine and they havent sting each other. Its a RBTA with a huge mouth Only wish my female clown would share at least one of the anemone with the male. I feel sorry for the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer November 21, 2007 Share November 21, 2007 Only wish my female clown would share at least one of the anemone with the male. I feel sorry for the guy. LOL Mine shares, but the male sleeps in the shrooms at night. Just last night I watched the female chase the male out of the anemone, which I've never really seen her do before. As I walked over to the tank to take a closer look, the lights went out. Amazing! She already knows when "lights out" is, and wanted him gone so she could get her beauty sleep. Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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