Clownfish hosting Zoas

RyanD · Apr 8, 2020

I have 2 black ice clownfish and for some reason they are hosting my utter chaos zoas instead of my bubble tip anemone. Any one have any ideas how to have them host the anemone I don’t want them to kill the zoas.

reefwiser · Apr 8, 2020

Clowns are crazy the will host anything. Mine hosted everything in the Aqurium sober the years.

MichaelReefer · Apr 8, 2020

In the mean time, mine wont host anything :mad:

reefwiser · Apr 8, 2020

They have a mind of their own
If you really want clowns to host the best way is to actual start an anemone tank. With a say a sunburst anemone and let it split a lot then add some clowns.

TriggerFinger · Apr 8, 2020

My lightning maroon doesn’t have an anemone so she hangs out in a pond basket filled with hairy mushrooms. I saw a video by Melev where he dropped his clowns down a large pvc pipe right into the anemone if you want to go that route. I don’t know if it worked or not

MichaelReefer · Apr 8, 2020

TriggerFinger said:
My lightning maroon doesn’t have an anemone so she hangs out in a pond basket filled with hairy mushrooms. I saw a video by Melev where he dropped his clowns down a large pvc pipe right into the anemone if you want to go that route. I don’t know if it worked or not

It did. I have considered it...have two of em and like 10 anemones. They wont go anywhere near em.

Thespammailaccount · Apr 8, 2020

MichaelReefer said:
It did. I have considered it...have two of em and like 10 anemones. They wont go anywhere near em.

Clowns. Sounds about right

cvrle1 · Apr 8, 2020

RyanD said:
I have 2 black ice clownfish and for some reason they are hosting my utter chaos zoas instead of my bubble tip anemone. Any one have any ideas how to have them host the anemone I don’t want them to kill the zoas.

reefwiser said:
Clowns are crazy the will host anything. Mine hosted everything in the Aqurium sober the years.

MichaelReefer said:
In the mean time, mine wont host anything :mad:

reefwiser said:
They have a mind of their own
If you really want clowns to host the best way is to actual start an anemone tank. With a say a sunburst anemone and let it split a lot then add some clowns.

I will be that guy. Clowns dont host anything, they are being hosted. Anemone is hosting clowns. A really big pet peve of mine, as you can see, when someone says clown is hosting whatever.