Clowns and RBTA

cymonous · Jun 11, 2014

I've had my false percs for a while. My oldest is 2 years, other about 7 months ago. I got my RBTA about a year ago. After I quarantined the youngest clown and added him to my DT, he hosted the anem maybe 2-3 times. Since then, neither of my clowns hosted the anemone. I figured out the anemone was attached to the bottom of a loose coral and placed it in a breeders net last night. I heard you can get the clowns and the anemone in the same place and the clowns will eventually host. So, I caught both the clowns and put them in the breeders net with the anemone.

I was doing some more reading and some people say you could kill the clowns doing it this way. I'm at work now. Did I just sentence the clowns to death? The anemone is only about 2-3 inches and there is room for the clowns in the net.

Tahoe61 · Jun 11, 2014

You're probably safe, but it's an extremely risky method of introduction and not something I promote.

Trex · Jun 11, 2014

E. quadricolors have one of the weaker stings for a hosting anemone, but still not the best idea. If this was tried with an S. haddoni, the odds are great that the clowns would be a nice snack.

This is something I would never recommend, at best it won't work, at worse eaten clowns. Best to just let it happen without any outside influence.