clowns and anemone
In the center of my tank is a very large bubble tip anemone. My plan was that it would host my two 6 month old, tank raised clown fish (Amphiprion ocellaris). The clowns seem to have other plans. To try to get them into the anemone I tried herding them in. No luck. I tried luring them in by suspending a clip with food above the anemone. Again, no luck.
Since these guys are tank raised and have never seen an anemone before, I have now taped photos of clown fish and anemones on outside the tank. I hope they are taking note. But I don't think this is working either.
The last resort would be to return these two to the store and purchase a wild caught pair. I think I'll just wait and see if anything changes as they grow up.
posted by kathy @ 11:40 AM
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We put an anemone in our tank assuming our pair of clowns would use it as a host ... and they never did. Several months later, one of the clowns died. The remaining clown adopted our star polyps as a host. Here's a video... not sure if ours were bred in captivity, but I assume so.
Great video! I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens with my clowns and anemones.
I am looking forward to visiting my local aquarium store today and stocking up in new stuff for my tanks (I have a 90 gallon fresh water tank too.) Its time for new light bulbs, more DTs, new fresh water plants and fish, and maybe a new soft coral.
Also, I just brought back fresh seaweed from Florida. I it added to my marine refugium. Hopefully I'll have time to post photos soon.
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