clown fish hosting

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  1. nemo1991

    nemo1991 Millepora

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    i have 2 false perc. tank bred clowns, i want them to host either my anemone, my hammer coral or either of my 2 frog spawn, what would be the best way, i heard some ppl put up pictures of clowns hosting on the side of the tank and that works, but my black saddleback clowns host an anemone....so what should i do?
     
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  3. BluePhish

    BluePhish Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    some clowns wont host anything, esp. tank bred. got the same problem with my false percs. they got alot of choices in my tank, but still nothing. clowns actully will host almost anything, befor i moved into the 60 gal they were in a 44 and they hosted hair agae, over my frogspawn?!?!:-/

    if you figure out a trick let me know!
     
  4. nemo1991

    nemo1991 Millepora

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    i just put one of the frog spawn in the tank like a week ago, and put it where the clowns ALWAYS hang out, and they still ahng out there, and i have noticed what i think is there interest in the frog spawn, but nothin near acctual hosting.
     
  5. wareagle35031

    wareagle35031 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    just give them time, it took mine over a month to host a anemone.
     
  6. bmshehan

    bmshehan Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    I'm gonna try the picture trick mentioned above. It has been posted that it has worked well for others. If you try it let me know... it is a shot in the dark sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but it's worth a try. I love my frogspawn and would love to see it host my clowns!
     
  7. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    I left mine in the tank for around 6 months and they just randomly decided to move over to the anenome and run the shrimp out of his home one day