Any Tips or Tricks for Clown Fish?
 

Maybe a stupid question, and I know the real answer is wait until they do it, but I sometimes get a bit impatient.

Anyone had any luck with any tricks to getting clowns to host in their Anemone?

I have had a couple of clowns for 2 months and a GBTA for a month.

thanks!

Kris

I have heard of people putting pictures of clowns hosting anemones against the glass, so your clowns can see them hosting. Its a really far out plan, but some people claim it helps

I've done the pic thing. It worked for me. 8 months no hosting and 3 days after the pic went up they started hosting

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clowns are evil.. that being said the pic things work as well as just wait they will find and the interspecies love making threesome will ensue.

You can also try placing a mirror as close to the nem as you can..... They also may never host..... What kind of clowns are they?....are they captive raised or wild clowns?....

I will try the picture, I have an impatient girl friend who didnt like the tank purchase! :biggrin: if it wasnt for the clowns she would completely hate the tank.

They are tank-bred from a local distributor here in the GVRD.

I am hoping this picture idea works!

thanks for the help!

Some clown with never host an anemone. I had 2 occellaris for about a year and they never even got close to my anemone. I tried the picture thing and it did not work either. I ended up selling those clownfish and bought to babies black ice (also occellaris) and in less than 2 days they were hosting. They are now hosting 2 anemones (sebae) and a duncan part time.

It's cute to see each clownfish go into its own anemone at night to sleep.

The tric here was to replace the clownfish.

It worked for me. Ken a BW told me about it. Within a few days they were hosting.

Used a pic of the sake type clowns in a similar nem... Printed to scale of real life, taped up and watched.

Amazed. Truly amazed.

Are they currently hosted in something else?


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hosting trick
 

you could try to put a fake clown near or in the nem. By fake i mean one like the kind that comes on some of the veggi clips sold, or hunt toy store, 2nd hand store for a plastic nemo toy ( would feel safer with clip one as it IS tank safe, not sure about others) I had a freind try this with great success.