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11-21-2004, 01:03 AM
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Are clowns stupid, or what?
Clownfish are very engaging, but they are not really bright. The following pictures show one of my Ocellaris still hosting with the Closed Brain even though the RBTA has been a couple of inches away for more than a week. BTW the other clown is off on a trip as I was taking the pictures.
  
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11-21-2004, 02:33 AM
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Re: Are clowns stupid, or what?
I rearranged our 67g zoo tank the other day. Also in this tank is a Euphillia, like a frogspawn, but with hammer-shaped ends. The two skunk clowns have taken to this coral as their host. During the rearrangement, I moved the Euphillia to the other side of the tank and left a large rock of zoos in its place. Dang, if the skunks didn't hang around that zoo rock for several hours before they realized where their host went
 It was so funny to watch the female go to the Euphillia, but return time after time to the zoo rock when her mate wouldn't follow her. It was almost like watching Lassie bark at her master to follow her, but the master wouldn't listen Then in our 37g, there are a pair of ocellaris that won't host in anything in the tank  They just hang out together all day, then in the evening spit water out of the tank so it runs down the back of the tank  Give your clowns some time, boB. If you really want to get them to host in the RBTA, remove or move their other host. Very nice RBTA, btw  Kinda wish I had one
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11-21-2004, 04:09 PM
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The rose is not their natural host, but neither is the brain...
 may take some time if at all.
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11-22-2004, 07:29 AM
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My pair have 5 different BTA clones to choose from, 1 inch - 3 inches. What do they do? Swim in the top third of the tank all day without going near any anemones
Almost 1 month already, but if they never do host an anemone, that's their right I guess. When I turkey-baste food into the anemone, the clowns will even swim in to steal food, but that's about the only time they even look at them.
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11-22-2004, 10:35 PM
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My Ocellaris pair only pay attention to my BTA at night when they are sleeping. They take turns kicking each other out of bed.
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11-25-2004, 02:54 AM
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Well the beauty of all this is that the RBTA is settling in nicely. It gets bigger every day. Every Sunday I feed it a nice chunk of frozen Krill. When the clowns are ready, the RBTA will be ready. But now I am sorry I did not put it in with my true percs in another tank.
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11-25-2004, 03:00 AM
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When it splits, maybe the clone can go in with your percs
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