New Hadoni carpet anemone arrival on8/22

[vetteguy53081]

 

[NY_Caveman]

Beautiful specimen! Was the clown there already? Did he run right to it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Beautiful specimen! Was the clown there already? Did he run right to it?

This clown took on to it in 3 minutes. Now all 3 clowns are bathing in it.

 

[NY_Caveman]

This clown took on to it in 3 minutes. Now all 3 clowns are bathing in it.

Nice! Natural host for them, so no surprise.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Nice! Natural host for them, so no surprise.

Agreed in most cases. Reason i got it, so it was Big enough for about 6 clowns!

 

[OrionN]

Haddoni are not natural host of Ocellaris or Percula. However they often accepted them with no problem.

 

[BestMomEver]

Very pretty! My Clarkii babies love my Haddoni!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Haddoni are not natural host of Ocellaris or Percula. However they often accepted them with no problem.

To a degree they are but also luck of the draw. Not all clowns host anemones as is not all wrasses burrow in gravel

 

[NY_Caveman]

Haddoni are not natural host of Ocellaris or Percula. However they often accepted them with no problem.

Absolutely correct. My mistake. I was thinking of Stichodactyla gigantea, not Stichodactyla haddoni.

 

[OrionN]

To a degree they are but also luck of the draw. Not all clowns host anemones as is not all wrasses burrow in gravel

The anemone is the host, not the fish, but I certainly understand what you mean. All clownfish in the wild need anemone. They won't live long without a host.

Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea and Stichodactyla mertensii are the only natural hosts for A. ocellaris. As far as I know, no other anemone species host Ocellarist in the wild. In captivity it is a different story. Sometime they go for un-natural host, other time they don't. You do have a very beautiful Haddoni. Congratulation.
Haddoni do need a reasonable sand bed. From your pictures, the sand bed doesn't seem to be deep enough. They will move around if they don't have deep sand bed that they need. Small Haddoni can stay on rock but larger ones like your prefer (need?) sand.

 

[vetteguy53081]

The anemone is the host, not the fish, but I certainly understand what you mean. All clownfish in the wild need anemone. They won't live long without a host.

Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea and Stichodactyla mertensii are the only natural hosts for A. ocellaris. As far as I know, no other anemone species host Ocellarist in the wild. In captivity it is a different story. Sometime they go for un-natural host, other time they don't. You do have a very beautiful Haddoni. Congratulation.
Haddoni do need a reasonable sand bed. From your pictures, the sand bed doesn't seem to be deep enough. They will move around if they don't have deep sand bed that they need. Small Haddoni can stay on rock but larger ones like your prefer (need?) sand.

I built up sand in that corner in hope he would remain as they plant their footing in deep sand. So far, it has remained in that corner

 

[davocean]

To a degree they are but also luck of the draw. Not all clowns host anemones as is not all wrasses burrow in gravel

Well, actually all clowns will accept a natural host anemone, probably right away if a natural match, it's when they are given a non natural match is when it may take much longer for them to recognize as a host.

That's where there still seems to be a lot of confusion, it's not so much about the clowns, tank bred or wild caught makes no real difference, it's more of a matter of what we give them as a host, many people don't give a natural match host.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Well, actually all clowns will accept a natural host anemone, probably right away if a natural match, it's when they are given a non natural match is when it may take much longer for them to recognize as a host.

non- natural?? These clowns also hosted two large toadstool mushrooms and my hammer coral for which I figured time to get them a larger bed comforter (the hadoni LOL)

 

[davocean]

Right, the instinct for wanting a host is still very much there, they just get confused when we give a non natural host anemone, and usually don't recognize it as fast

When people say things like, not all clowns accept a host nem, or tank bred clowns don't, really those same clowns would dive straight into a natural host when given one