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my2rotties 02-26-2009 07:13 PM
Someone I know did that and it took two weeks but it worked.

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Originally Posted by ElGuappo (Post 393394)
it took my t.perks over 9 monthes to finally start hosting. they now host in my hairy mushies and torch , rather than my mag cleaner. i have heard putting apic up of clowns hosting will help.

fragNplug 02-26-2009 08:07 PM
wish me luck
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/8703_1046825745.jpg
will let everyone know if this works or not.

Snaz 02-26-2009 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fragNplug (Post 393425)
wish me luck
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/8703_1046825745.jpg
will let everyone know if this works or not.
Make sure the clowns in the pic are smaller than the real guys or they will just get scared.

High tide 02-26-2009 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by a4twenty (Post 393277)
hosting is instinctive, i have seen many captive breed clown hosting almost instantly when added to a tank.

your biggest problem is your choice of hosts are not a natural choice for your species of clown. you don't want your clowns to be hosted by an LPS coral, the rubbing by the clowns will usually rip the coral apart on his skeleton.

natural hosts for A. percula are H. magnifica and S. gigantea, unfortunately two of the toughest to keep anemones. you may get lucky and they'll be hosted by another species but it could take some time or may not happen at all.

good luck
I agree with this, not sure about the "usually" ripping LPS apart but, wild Perc's may only want their native host. Maybe posting a pic will work, it's worth a shot.

zazzoo 02-26-2009 09:36 PM
this method worked for me very well when i was breeding true percs.
turn the lights out.... have a small dim light or even a flash light so thats all they can see.... shine the light on the bta ... and you need to scare them into the bta..... will take a few tries... as soon as u see them go in or even go close to it ... kill the lights... and they will stay near it or even run in it .... ... will take a few times... but works very well... done this with lots of clowns

Koresample 02-27-2009 12:10 AM
my skunk clown hosted in my LTA after one day. The fact that i dropped food into the LTA probably helped. When i would feed it shrimp, the clown would try to steal the food away. After that he just stayed there and rarely went anywhere else.

fragNplug 02-27-2009 05:41 AM
well, i have put a moon light shining on the nem, seems they like the area so far, will scare them after if the photo and the light dont seem to get them to host, will use the scare tactic as a final resort.

phreezee 02-27-2009 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by zazzoo (Post 393448)
this method worked for me very well when i was breeding true percs.
turn the lights out.... have a small dim light or even a flash light so thats all they can see.... shine the light on the bta ... and you need to scare them into the bta..... will take a few tries... as soon as u see them go in or even go close to it ... kill the lights... and they will stay near it or even run in it .... ... will take a few times... but works very well... done this with lots of clowns
Cool, I'll try this tonight.

reefy 02-27-2009 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by my2rotties (Post 393380)
What clowns host a Seabae anemone? I had one prior to my tank crash and had two false percs hosting an open brain coral instead of the Seabae.
Tomatoe clown does host seabae as far as I know. I used to have RBTA hosted by my true perculas clowns but after I sold it it went to host my Hammerhead. I also have two captive breed false perculas at my work and they are hosting well one of them is hosting my anthelia coral and the other one my heater haha(probably because its winter)

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...4022009568.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...7022009577.jpg

Glennrf38 02-27-2009 05:01 PM
My two clowns host the front corner of my tank. Wake up in the morning and there they are cuddling in the corner....... weird fish.


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