clown & hosting

[71raw]

i have 2 juvenal Ocellaris Clownfish in my tank. my questions is, if they have never been in contact with anemone befor or anything like that would they know how to host? if i was to put an anemone or coral plate in my tank will tey host it?

 

[wettank]

Clowfish have been known to host anything,mine is hosting a big frilly mushroom

 

[71raw]

the thing is thier juvenal, would the still know how to host?

 

[islandcreation]

Yes, they would I guess its a natural instinct for them. Just make sure you get the right anenome. I have two anenomes in my tank and two clowns, they host one of them and not the other. I finally looked it up and the other anenome wasn't really directed to clowns.

 

[NemoNano]

Hi 71raw, Check out this FAQ on anenome's it has a lot of good info. :mrgreen:

http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf

I hope this helps

Eric

 

[reefman23]

Great link... I wouldnt suggest trying to keep an anemone in a nano tank. They will host all sorts of things in the tank and DO NOT need an anemone to host.

Jesse

 

[71raw]

hey NemoNano. yeah great link. but yea an anemone would be last choice, i was gona get sumthing like a plate coral for them. here's link.
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheet ... _coral.htm