Anemone choices

I didn't vote but I'll share my experience. My clowns who are 8 yrs old never hosted my bta (24 gallon JBJ). They did host everything else though. Similar to the poster, The bta split and went on a rampage throughout the tank, killing everything else. If you plan to only have a bta, then sure why not.

You can put them into a quarantine tank or a 5lbs bucket with just the torch or frogspawn coral. A week by themselves should teach them to host the coral in no time.

[tang daddy]

Yah FYI to the poster, some clowns will host while others don't... All up to the fish, which most are captive bred these days. I have a black perc that hosted a Rbta when it was in the breeder container with the anemone, after the Rbta was sold it hosted a fungia plate and now doesn't host anything. Your corals are like a piece of furniture for the clown, sometimes they don't want to sit or sleep and rather free float as per say....

As most have said it isn't a good idea to put a bta in a small tank because if it moves then bye bye to the rest of your corals, on a side note if you do still decide to get one, go with a green bubble tip as they require less light, the Rbta needs metal halide or equivalent.

[fishytime]

clownfish hosting in a coral sometimes works out, but Ive seen clowns both kill corals (xenia and torches) and be stung by other corals (frogspawn), ending up with black marks and bacterial infections from the wounds......the best relationship is with a nem.....that being said I think nems is evil and will never put a BTA in my tank again, or clownfish for that matter as I dont want them hosting in something they shouldnt.....

[subman jr.]

Originally Posted by fishytime

clownfish hosting in a coral sometimes works out, but Ive seen clowns both kill corals (xenia and torches) and be stung by other corals (frogspawn), ending up with black marks and bacterial infections from the wounds......the best relationship is with a nem.....that being said I think nems is evil and will never put a BTA in my tank again, or clownfish for that matter as I dont want them hosting in something they shouldnt.....

My clowns are hosting in my torch.

[reefme]

My clowns hosting Pulsing Xenia.

[Cliff]

I would suggest a much bigger tank, and a carpet anemone, either a gigantea (Stichodactyla Gigantea), or a haddoni (Srichodactyla Haddoni). Those are about the easiest anemones to get a clown fish to host in. My clowns completely ignored my RBTA anemone, but as soon as I added my haddoni carpet anemone, they started hosting in it right away

But you would need around a 90 gallon tank for either of those anemones

[subman jr.]

Originally Posted by reefme

My clowns hosting Pulsing Xenia.

that's neat

[nrosdal]

i have a sebae and a carpet anemone and my clowns ignore both.... bastards!

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Yah FYI to the poster, some clowns will host while others don't... All up to the fish, which most are captive bred these days. I have a black perc that hosted a Rbta when it was in the breeder container with the anemone, after the Rbta was sold it hosted a fungia plate and now doesn't host anything. Your corals are like a piece of furniture for the clown, sometimes they don't want to sit or sleep and rather free float as per say....

As most have said it isn't a good idea to put a bta in a small tank because if it moves then bye bye to the rest of your corals, on a side note if you do still decide to get one, go with a green bubble tip as they require less light, the Rbta needs metal halide or equivalent.

RBTA does not require halides. Not sure where you learned that, but it's the first time I've heard it said.

Mine is under t5. Has always Been. Spilt last year. Noemi have two. It even bubbles up here and there. And it's huge now.

No different than a green. In fact, I've had better luck with my RBTA over the green.