Neef advice RBTA/clown pairing

[Sump Crab]

Hey. I am picking up a new RBTA and I already have a tank bred ocellaris clownfish. My tank is 40 gallons. I really would like the anemone to host the clown so I am considering placing it and the clownfish in a basket at the surface of my tank until this happens. I am a little worried that this may not be best for the anemone as I am sure that it would be less stressful for it to be placed right into the rock work. Is the likelihood of a clown finding an anemone in the tank high? What would you do?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

The "nem in a basket" can work, but it's nowhere near a sure thing. I personally would let the nem find a place it likes in the aquarium and then cross my fingers that the clown will find it. With ocellaris clowns, they could get hosted tomorrow or literally never. Might as well let them all enjoy the tank instead of being cooped up

 

[Hooz]

I have a 10g cube with 3 BTAs and a pair of captive bred, tank raised Snowflake Clowns. I didn't do anything and just let them do their thing. It took almost 2 months, but now the pair is hosted by my bigger BTA. Granted, it's not a big tank, so they didn't have to go far to find the BTA, but I just let it happen, and it did... eventually.

 

[Andresnyc93]

Nem in basket isn’t a sure thing but it does boost up the likelihoods of the nem hosting them.
I used a clear pvc pipe and fished the clowns into the top of pvc and let them slowly go down pointing the other end right on top of nem, they’ll get shocked a little at first but this has always worked for me, good luck

 

[Singspot]

My clown pair hosted in silicon decoration and have not moved to real Nem!

 

[Duncan62]

Hey. I am picking up a new RBTA and I already have a tank bred ocellaris clownfish. My tank is 40 gallons. I really would like the anemone to host the clown so I am considering placing it and the clownfish in a basket at the surface of my tank until this happens. I am a little worried that this may not be best for the anemone as I am sure that it would be less stressful for it to be placed right into the rock work. Is the likelihood of a clown finding an anemone in the tank high? What would you do?

I have 2 nice rbta and a clown that prefers a tuft of gha l let grow for the urchins. I plucked it back and the clown went mad. Percula BTW. It's like the nems aren't there.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I have 2 nice rbta and a clown that prefers a tuft of gha l let grow for the urchins. I plucked it back and the clown went mad. Percula BTW. It's like the nems aren't there.

Percs and ocells have been this way for me as well. But drop a maroon clown into the same tank and he'll be in the anemone in a matter of minutes

 

[dvgyfresh]

Video of clowns hosting in anemone on loop attached to glass , worked for me took two days lol now they never leave it kinda wish they’d give the anemone a break sometimes