Mine took 6 months, and the anemone had to go walk about, split in half, settle on the side of the tank the clowns hung out on, and grow large enough again (after the split) for them to pay attention to it. However, once they started, they were stuck to the thing. I even had to remove the clowns for a few days once to try and resolve aggression problems. In that time I re-arranged everything in the tank, all the rock, moved the nem, the whole 9 yards. It took the clowns about 7 seconds to find it and start loving it (and viciously, viciously defending it *sigh*) again.
I've only seen it once so obviously it's not exactly a scientific statement, but it was like a 'switch' was flipped in them, once it was on they would host in the first suitable place they found.
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