Sometimes clowns may not go into an anemone at all. The first anemone I had was a
Stichodactyla haddoni and I had tank raised ocellaris that never went in. Haddoni isn't the natural host for ocellaris and I guess being tank raised didn't help. The haddoni was killed when it went into a pump intake that wasn't as protected as I thought. It took less than 24hrs for the tank raised percs I have now to enter the
S. gigantea. The giant carpet is one of the natural host anemones for a true percula clown. The female began the acclimatation process within about four hours and the male entered the next morning about 17 hours after he was put in the tank.
Jeanna, don't get any ideas about kicking your hubby out
. I don't have Wilkerson's book but it's on my list. I was under the impression it was more on the raising of fry, maybe someone could fill us in? The Fautin/Allen book I have is geared mostly towards the identification of the fishes and anemones (Darren probably wonders if I'm giving it back). There's very little information about their captive care requirements. Daphne Fautin, one of the leaders in anemone research, is completely opposed to anemone collection.