Ocellaris Clown and anemones

Kevin_E · Apr 9, 2012

rglewis said: ↑

You cant really go by those lists. You just never know until it happens really. Ive had ocellaris hosted by condylactis , long tentacle anemones, and sebaes and that list says they arent compatible.

As far as purchasing in pairs, you dont have to. But I think its nice to have them a mate personally. You can get 2 juvis and they will end up pairing at some point but there will be some bickering back and forth deciding who will be the femaile. The dominate one will always become a female. Or you can buy a mated pair and skip all of the bickering back and forth that they do to decide whos the female. If introducing 2 clowns to a system that arent already paired up, actually better to buy 1 clown bigger than the other, so the smaller clown quickly submits to it.
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Would you say that they are more likely to be hosted by those on the list than those not?

nc208082 · Apr 9, 2012

The lists is describing what is found in the wild, so it is good basis, but like all creatures, everyone is different. Nothing you can make solid statements on just a helping hand at what that species is used to.

chelseagrin · Apr 9, 2012

nc208082 said: ↑

sorry i disagree with this completely. I agree with cheryls comments. While we have just begun to start captive breeding, certain behaviors will remain in a fish for a long period after never seeing an ocean.

I look at dogs for best examples. My old dog had was born in a barn, grew up in a house in the city, and one weekend while visiting a farm their cows got loose, our dog(a mix border collie) takes straight after the cows and helps herd them back into the pen. This was done purely on instinct even though she or her parents had not been used or trained in herding.

Much like how my captive bred platinum clowns took to being hosted by my elegance coral in a matter of hours, and it took over a year and i had to introduce the elegance and clowns hosting to the other tank before my will caught clowns even took notice of hosting something.

My advice is dont buy the nem with the clowns. Introduce the clowns, if you notice they would like to be hosfted by your corals then i would consider aadding one. But it can be hard for that relationship to be made, qas i said took over a year for one of my pairs to start hosting.
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i agree but it can also not be denied that wild caughts are much more eager to host than cb.

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