help with sea anemone

by **breaknrun911** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:24 am

i have numerous bubble tip anemones, but none of my clowns ever want to enter them and just "hang" does it take time for that to happen? also what and how is the best way to feed them since host "clownfish" arent giving them the nutrients they need?

Please help!!

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:26 am

ok dude im goin through the exact same thing... what kind of clownfish do you have, specifically.... not all clowns are compatable with any nems.... and what are you trying to feed it, what are your water parameters and how mcuh light do u have

by **breaknrun911** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:30 am

i have sebae, black and the traditional orange. my lighting i dont know off the top of my head (at work) im think 55 with 11,000k (2bulbs) my H2O parameters are perfect well near that. I know the nems are compatible bc the tank they were in had the same clowns i do. im feeding it solid shrimp possibly goin to mussels etc

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:01 am

start feeding it silversides.... i was sold krill at hte lfs and it didnt work so i tried a silverside and it worked perfectly........ how many watts per gallon is that

by **breaknrun911** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:02 am

5 watts per gal

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:14 am

hum... well if it makes you feel better i hav a black and white oscellaris and a bubble tip nem and hes not hosting... it might just be the fish not wanting to host, theres really not much you can do about it.

by **newbie916** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:12 pm

I have a wild caught Maroon Clown that hosted to my Rose bubble tip without a problem. I heard captive bred clowns may not host anenome's because they weren't raised around them and didn't need them to survive. My father inlaw has two captive bred clowns that won't host his anem's either. Good luck guys

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:48 pm

good point

by **fihsboy** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:51 am

If your clowns arent from the wild........they will more than likely look at the anenome like WTH is that!

by **schigara** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:19 am

Yup, my GS Maroon clowns are wild caught and the only ones I have ever had that would host.

Also, an anemone is not the only thing they will host. I had a GBTA that my clowns hosted with right away but the nem never was happy with all the flow in my tank so it kept moving around the tank and would sting my corals as it floated around. Anyway, the big female clown was so rough with it that it died so no more nems for me.

The male Maroon now host with a colony of Pink Palythoas and the female hosts with the large Orange Monti Cap.

help with sea anemone

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