Signs of percula hosting torch?

[babajuju]

I noticed my percula checking out my torch and sometimes I’d try to scare it into it. But today as I was watching it, the percula started touching and moving around it. How long does it take them to host?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I noticed my percula checking out my torch and sometimes I’d try to scare it into it. But today as I was watching it, the percula started touching and moving around it. How long does it take them to host?

Torch is the host and clown is the guest. Generally they test the coral as many do get stung leaving black spots known as Hyper-melanization and torch coral pack some of the strongest stings

 

[babajuju]

Torch is the host and clown is the guest. Generally they test the coral as many do get stung leaving black spots known as Hyper-melanization and torch coral pack some of the strongest stings

So it’s not likely it will end up happening?

 

[Uncle99]

So it’s not likely it will end up happening?

Good thing for the coral and fish.
Cant see great chances there.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Why are you trying to scare your clown into the torch? If the torch does end up hosting the clown, it will very likely kill the torch..

 

[Salty Sea Flowers]

it's not impossible, but it's not very likely. my two clowns decided to host a very colorful moseleya coral that is sitting in the sand bed of my tank (no stings), so they'll likely go for the easiest route, and what doesnt sting them the most.

ive had a clown host a rock flower anem in my tank, too.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So it’s not likely it will end up happening?

Not something you can convince a coral to accept a fish and vice versa. Its a symbiosis and happens naturally if its going to happen

 

[LeannaBanana]

My clowns like to hop around and thankfully have settled on a new arch as their home, but their attempts to be hosted by a duncan and a torch almost killed both corals over the course of a few months. I ended up removing the Duncan to another tank, and moving the torch to another part of the tank to save them from Momma clown.

 

[Bucs20fan]

Yeah You do not want that clown to host that torch, If for some reason it happened, the clown will undoubtedly kill the torch. They are rough on nems, and a torch cannot handle that.

 

[babajuju]

Good to know thank you, now I know to keep him out

 

[babajuju]

Why are you trying to scare your clown into the torch? If the torch does end up hosting the clown, it will very likely kill the torch..

I didn’t know, I’m only two months in. Now that I know I won’t ever do it again

 

[babajuju]

it's not impossible, but it's not very likely. my two clowns decided to host a very colorful moseleya coral that is sitting in the sand bed of my tank (no stings), so they'll likely go for the easiest route, and what doesnt sting them the most.

ive had a clown host a rock flower anem in my tank, too.

Do rock flower nems need medium light and flow?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I didn’t know, I’m only two months in. Now that I know I won’t ever do it again

No worries..

Clown behavior with a host coral is what you would consider aggressive. They will beat the crud out of most LPS until they recede and end up dying.

Anemones are built for the job of hosting clowns.

 

[babajuju]

No worries..

Clown behavior with a host coral is what you would consider aggressive. They will beat the crud out of most LPS until they recede and end up dying.

Anemones are built for the job of hosting clowns.

Guess I’m gonna trade my torch for a nem and redo my rock

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Orrr .. keep the torch and get a nem..

 

[babajuju]

Orrr .. keep the torch and get a nem..

I need a bigger tank my nitrates are already being sucked out on the daily with what I have in right now. Thought about pulling the percula out and putting two damsels in

 

[Salty Sea Flowers]

Do rock flower nems need medium light and flow?

yes! that's right! rock flower anems dont usually "wander" or "walk around" nearly as much as bubble tips and other anems, and they come in all kinds of different colors, patterns, etc.

if you're looking for a bubble tip though, i actually have one for sale. it's a rainbow bubble tip, about 5" when fully expanded. your clowns will automatically love it! ♡

 

[LeannaBanana]

I didn’t know, I’m only two months in.

I'd gently advise that you don't go for a nem quite yet. Once your parameters are super stable (could be next month, could be 8 months from now), then go for it. I tried a BTA too soon and it went very poorly. You can't rush anything in this hobby without paying a more than monetary price.

 

[babajuju]

I'd gently advise that you don't go for a nem quite yet. Once your parameters are super stable (could be next month, could be 8 months from now), then go for it. I tried a BTA too soon and it went very poorly. You can't rush anything in this hobby without paying a more than monetary price.

I want a rock flower nem but out of the 4 lfs’s none of them have any. And idk what to do with my torch I may keep it till I see a rfa in town and switch them out.

 

[LeannaBanana]

I want a rock flower nem but out of the 4 lfs’s none of them have any. And idk what to do with my torch I may keep it till I see a rfa in town and switch them out.

I LOVE my RFA garden (I have 6), but my clowns completely ignore them. Get an RFA when your tank is ready and because you like them, not because of the fish. Hopefully, your torch is good! If the clown(s) start bothering it a lot, you can always try moving it to a different spot in the tank. It might not be foolproof, but you have options before getting discouraged!