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Old 05-02-2012, 05:13 AM
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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!

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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
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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
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.

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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.
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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?....
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I will try the picture, I have an impatient girl friend who didnt like the tank purchase! 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!

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I will try the picture, I have an impatient girl friend who didnt like the tank purchase! if it wasnt for the clowns she would completely hate the tank.!
Hate the tank!?! How can anyone hate a marine tank... Ever? so... sad...
It was my boyfriends idea and plan to get a salt water tank in the first place and now I'm the one taking care and doing all the work for this thing because I LOVE IT so much!!

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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.

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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!

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Are they currently hosted in something else?


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