Clown Fish Hosting

[Leah]

Mine just hang out in the back corner of my 95 and don't seem to venture far from that spot. They have never attempted to host in anything.

[Flucker]

I got my two Amphiprion ocellaris clownfish yesterday, The two anemones just about a week ago. I believe that you are right they are slowly moving around the tank scouting there territory, At least they are doing it together as a pair.

Thanks for the posts

[FitoPharmer]

condy's are not host anemones, but some clowns do take to them. but it could prove fatal :P

[sitandwatch]

I have two true percs and they hosted the front glass of the tank for about 5 months.

I got a hammer coral about 3 months ago and they ignored it until about 2 weeks ago and started to host that.

I think that is just takes time, I also think they are true to there name "clown fish" as they are truly strange

[Flucker]

Do Clownfish that dont host still lay eggs?

[WuHT]

mine do.

However they lay the eggs right by my overflow.. so it's pretty much GG for the new-borns when they hatch

[Stevey87]

Flash light directed at the anemone when all the lights off worked for my tank raised ocellaris clowns.

Before they hosted they sleep together and always swim together but since 'they' hosted, the bigger one won't let the small one go in the anemone, only under it.

I fed my anemones today and when I put the food on the anemone, the big guy tried to bite me.

The flash light method didn't work for BTA tho. I'm assuming that's because the BTA I have is very small right now and it's not their natural host. Some websites say BTA is natural host to most cownflish species but actually BTA is natural host to Tomato and few others, not ocellaris or percula.