skipperawe January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 IM trying to get an ideas of what i want my new 40B to feature, and im strongly considering an anemone, but i know they sting and move. Are anemones as much of a problem causer as i think they are? personal opinions very welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Really depends on how attached to the nem your are. If you really don't care if it move's and decides to sit on top of that $100 coral you just bought, then go for it. Trust me, eventually they will move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishie January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 IM trying to get an ideas of what i want my new 40B to feature, and im strongly considering an anemone, but i know they sting and move. Are anemones as much of a problem causer as i think they are? personal opinions very welcome As cool as they r ...they can be bad for corals....mine has killed 3 brains and I suspect it has devoured couple fish...one being my 5 yr hippo...so it's now in isolation in a smaller tank hosting 2 maroon clowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe January 22, 2012 Author Share January 22, 2012 Also, anybody have suggestions for a clown-hosting alternative that looks cool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Mine ate a blond Naso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe January 22, 2012 Author Share January 22, 2012 Really depends on how attached to the nem your are. If you really don't care if it move's and decides to sit on top of that $100 coral you just bought, then go for it. Trust me, eventually they will move. the sitting on top of the $100 coral is what worries me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Also, anybody have suggestions for a clown-hosting alternative that looks cool? Looking cool is a matter of opinion I have a RBTA in my tank that hasn't moved since I put it in its spot (center, high) but the clowns have never bother to even look at it. Instead, they seem to prefer the various frilly mushrooms .. go figure ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishie January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Clowns will learn to host some random thing...sometimes a glass corner...a rock a leather coral...a torch..idk they are pretty ez going like that.. I've also noticed they get more aggressive when an anemone is introduced.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindeeo January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 I have wanted an anemone more than anything, but everything I have heard, read, learned says bad. I am going to get a plate coral, long tenticle coral instead. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+481&pcatid=481 I hope my clowns and I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennylynn9579 January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 My RBTA is a pain in the a$$, it walked around for 2-3 months trying to figure out a perfect spot under my T5's when I changed over from MH, then one morning I got up to do my daily roll call on the tank, and the darn thing was nowhere to be found! I figured he sucked himself down into the rock, and decided to give him 30-40 minutes to sort himself out. When I checked back, the stupid thing SPLIT! However, I have to say, since the split, both clones have settled themselves and only stroll around a 6-inch area of this one rock, which I have refrained from putting anything good on. So long story short, I like mine now, but they are obnoxious until they figure out where they want to be. I say that now and watch, they'll figure out how to scale the glass to perch on my frag rack (soon to be full of awesome frags from Graham!) I have a torch coral that could fool people as an anemone, plus I think it's prettier, here's pics of both: Excuse my camera hogs... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe January 22, 2012 Author Share January 22, 2012 Clowns will learn to host some random thing...sometimes a glass corner...a rock a leather coral...a torch..idk they are pretty ez going like that..'ve also noticed they get more aggressive when an anemone is introduced.... Im thinking that maybe by introducing the coral to the tank before the clowns, they will discover it while searching for a place to host and find it favorable as opposed to some corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 My tomatoes host blue clove polyp's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Tape a picture of a clown hosting in something (I've only tried it with rbta) to the tank by the coral/nem... Crazy idea, but my juv picasso went in that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 I've had ocellaris clowns host in frogspawn. My current ocellaris lay their nest next to a very large bubble coral, but the clowns don't actually host in the coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennylynn9579 January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Yeah, my ocellaris host a frogspawn too, despite having about 5 other choices in the tank, lol, silly things. They've never hung out anywhere near the nem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Moved topic to general discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe January 22, 2012 Author Share January 22, 2012 i think a torch coral would do nicely as a substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Try an H. crispa and not the normal E. quadricolor if you want an anemone that doesn't move around much. The H. crispa prefers to be low in the tank and normally rests where the rockwork meets the sand bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firecrackerbob January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 As has been said, they can be a pain.. my last one constantly moved, got sucked into powerheads, killed corals, and was overall really annoying... that said, there is nothing more ubiquitous in the hobby than a clown in a nem... I don't have one now, but the next house I buy and have space for I plan on setting up a Nem\clown fowlr... to me personally its the only practical way. oh, yea, the clowns do get more aggressive too.. only fish bite I have ever had in 20+ years in aquariums hobby was from a protective female clown. also as mentioned, long tentacle plate corals look pretty close and are pretty cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe January 22, 2012 Author Share January 22, 2012 agressive clowns arent too much of a concern, i was rammed and bitten many times by a tiny false perc i used to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 I have mini-carpets and flower anemones that stay put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni January 22, 2012 Share January 22, 2012 Dave's suggestion for H. crispa is a great one for getting an anemone that doesn't move. A couple other tricks with E. quadricolor are to surround it's foot with rocks and give it moderate current and light and also, once it's where you want it, feed it occasionally. Most of the time the only time bubbles move for me are after they split, which they do too frequently. H. magnifica (ritteri) - trick is to put it on it's own rock at the very top of the rock. they tend to go to the highest flow/light area but don't tend to go down to get there. Feeding when it's put also helps. Another trick is to hem in the anemone with lps. bubbles tend to not like euphyllia. I personally can't imagine a tank without an anemone/clown pair and think they're worth a little inconvience but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind January 23, 2012 Share January 23, 2012 I have mini-carpets and flower anemones that stay put. Do your clowns take to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle January 23, 2012 Share January 23, 2012 My clowns host in a toadstool which is neat to look at, but I'm also considering an RBTA. I have what I think is a perfect spot for one: a slightly cupped right right in the middle of the tank about halfway up. That's where I'd want to be at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 23, 2012 Share January 23, 2012 Also, anybody have suggestions for a clown-hosting alternative that looks cool? Duncan with lots of heads. Pink n green hammer is really nice and clowns like them. Torch and frogspawn present problems of their own in a tank, with long sweepers and horrible stings (don't let your skin touch them). My clowns were hosting in an orange montipora for a long time... I would not have ever imagined clowns doing that, but they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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