Clowns and flowerpot corals?

bassman · #1 10-03-2006, 12:02 PM

No it probably will not and from what I have been told the clowns will harm it. They will rub their slime off on it and when it retracts it will pull some of that slime inside itself which is not healthy. Plus they are not fond of the thrashing about from the clowns.

Kabong · #2 10-03-2006, 01:38 PM

Try covering the flower pot for a few days and see if they will host something else.
Otherwise you might as well sell it.

MikeP · #3 10-03-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kabong

Try covering the flower pot for a few days and see if they will host something else.
Otherwise you might as well sell it.

There is nothing else in there that they will host. They are the first two fish I bought several months ago and they have never hosted in anything else I have. Can I buy something that they might like better so I can keep the flowerpot?

Quagmire · #4 10-03-2006, 05:22 PM

If your not ready for an anemone,you can try frogspawn or hammer.No guaranees that they will host any of them.Flowerpots can be a challenge in themselves with out the clowns added to the mix.

niloc16 · #5 10-03-2006, 05:52 PM

i have a pair of black percs that a fairly good size that host in my flowerpot and have been doing so for the past 2 months or so with no ill effects on the flowerpot.

OCDP · #6 10-03-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by niloc16

i have a pair of black percs that a fairly good size that host in my flowerpot and have been doing so for the past 2 months or so with no ill effects on the flowerpot.

I think this is one of those "it works for some, not for others" . I think for the most part, flowerpot's and clowns aren't usually a good mix. Even frog's and hammers aren't the best.. as they will irritate them as well... but those two are more likely to adjust to the clowns.

fortheloveofcrabs · #7 10-03-2006, 07:20 PM

I had a flowerpot coral in my nano with two clows who never touched it (they had an anenome though) The coral later moved to my larger tank where my clown goby liked to sit it, which didn't fair well for the coral at all. They seem to really hate touching...

I moved the FPC back to my nano, got my goby a brain coral which he loves to death, and re-introduced the flowerpot coal and so for so good.