First Anemone

[Magma]

I have had a GBTA in my tank now for about a month now and the clowns wont even look at it, its big enough to host them both but they dont even care.

As for the BTA he has never moved since I got him, he was put in the tank, then he stuck to a rock and been there ever since.

[Lance]

Tony is the resident Nem expert but I can tell you that BTA's are among the hardier. They are also one of the more popular hosts for clownfish. That being said, it doesn't mean BTA's are easy and that your clowns are going to rush right in. I was lucky with mine: It's never really moved and the Fire Clowns hosted within a few days.

[ponokareefer]

It is usually the best idea to get a natural host for the clown, even if it is tank raised. Unfortunately false perc's natural hosts are 2 of the most difficult to keep anemones, the Gigantea and the Magnificent, and one that will eat your fish, the Haddoni.

BTA's are typically considered the easiest to keep, but it is never a given that clownfish will go to any anemone. BTA's will typically move around the rock work more than most anemones as well.

A couple of sand dwelling anemones that would cause less destruction to corals are sebae and long tenacle. Make sure if you get a sebae it is not white or yellow. These are most certainly doomed to die.

As paddyob pointed out, if you are going to try to get it to go to an anemone, remove the brain as it already considers this its home.

[Seafan]

In answer to "They don't split???? How do they propagate themselves??"
Today 01:47 PM
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/sea...baeanemone.htm
This is not the original article I read it from, but can't seem to find it at the moment. Since looking for the article though I seem to have found further articles saying they do split, but mostly in a last ditch effort if they are dyeing. So I guess I'm not quite sure, don't want to mislead anyone. If they don't split then instead of asexual reproduction/cloning it would be sexual reproduction.

Scientific Name:
Heteractis crispa.
Other Common Names:
Leathery Sea Anemone, Sebae Sea Anemone.
Description:
This is a mop-like Anemone with a lot of tentacles.
Reproduction:
The Leathery Sea Anemone is a solitary animal and does not appear to clone itself.Feeding & Aquarium Compatibility :
This Anemone should be tan or cream-colored (not pure white, which is a sign that they have lost their zooxanthellae) when purchased, otherwise the odds of survival in an aquarium will be slim.
This species will accept fish meat, plankton, shrimp, live adult Brine Shrimp, smelts, bloodworms and squid.

That being said, I have also read they are very difficult to keep.

[paddyob]

Interesting. Thanks.

[reefwars]

Sebaes do split I belive it's just not as common in our hobby, more times than not they are fragged

[Palmer]

Thanks for the great info everyone.

I may have made an error in describing my clown. I have a little black and white oscellares is false perc the common name for these?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Palmer

Thanks for the great info everyone.

I may have made an error in describing my clown. I have a little black and white oscellares is false perc the common name for these?

I don't really understand why people call it a False Perc. It is a different fish altogether.


It has very similar coloration/shape (hence the reason people call it False Perc) with certain physical/skeletal characteristics that differ.

Why can't we just call an Ocellaris Clown an Ocellaris? It is an Ocellaris Clown, and a Percula is a Percula.


Maybe someone else has a better answer ha ha....

[Palmer]

Actuallly just looked it up and guess I was right.