Looking for a good small coral that will be good for a small pair of clowns

[Gr8birds]

Hi just got my nano the way I want it, and I am ready to add some easy, clown fish, hermit crab, firefish, friendly corals. Preferably something the clowns can use as a pseudo anemone. Also, looking for a few mini brittle stars. I do not want the green brittles that get large. Any help would be great! Awesome site by the way!:fish2::fish2::fish2::fish2:

[dputt88]

ive heard of clowns hosting toadstools before, maybe give that a shot.

[jstan]

I've had clowns host in hairy mushrooms, paly's, zoas, acan echinata and a frogspawn.
Currently my two clowns are residing in the paly/zoanthid patch in the front of my tank.

[MizTanks]

Yup a clown I had once hosted a acan enchinata. Was way cool to watch the clown actually feed the acan lil pieces of shrimp.

[thefishgirl]

I had a clown that hiosted an orange cap before. Ouch. LOL If you are near the Detroit area, I have some nice hairy mushrooms and yumas as well. One big yuma might look cool in your tank. My clown fish love them. You would be welcome to one.

[Gr8birds]

Thanks for all the great ideas! Still not sure what I am going to go with but it's a start. :propellerhead:

[Sir Patrick]

I would look n into euphilias....like frogspawn, hammers and torch corals.

But, as said-

many clowns are opurtunistic, and will host what they can find.

Are these clowns captive breed or wild caught?

[Gr8birds]

Captive bred. My hammer coral is unimpressed with them right now lol

[dputt88]

hay at least theyre hosting. i have tried so hard to get my clown to host, but he'd rather hide in the back and only come out to bite me...

[MizTanks]

hay at least theyre hosting. i have tried so hard to get my clown to host, but he'd rather hide in the back and only come out to bite me...

Thats a clown for ya :-)

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[dlhirst]

+1 on Sir P's suggestion of euphilias. A torch was my first thought. Probably looks most like an anenome.

[dlhirst]

And, another good choice - Duncans. My favorite corals. Not sure why I didn't think of them earlier. I can't say that I have seen a clown hosted in one, but I would expect that it is not out of the question.

Funny thing, I have ALL of the corals mentioned above in my tank. Anchor, torch, frogspawn, toadstool, duncan, etc AND a pair of clowns. Never seen them show any interest in ANY of the corals. What gives?

[dputt88]

why not just get an anemone? lol

[MizTanks]

And, another good choice - Duncans. My favorite corals. Not sure why I didn't think of them earlier. I can't say that I have seen a clown hosted in one, but I would expect that it is not out of the question.

Funny thing, I have ALL of the corals mentioned above in my tank. Anchor, torch, frogspawn, toadstool, duncan, etc AND a pair of clowns. Never seen them show any interest in ANY of the corals. What gives?

Do you have a nem?

[dlhirst]

Me? No. I'd forget to feed my kids... I simply can't keep carnivores.

[thefishgirl]

Another low cost choice for them to host in is a terra cotta flower pot. Mine love little caves... :)
You can build your rocks over them, or glue some rocks with zoas / mushrooms, whatever to them.

[jimsflies]

A neon green toadstool is a nice surrogate...colorful and easy.

[dlhirst]

Beautiful rics, Jim. I like the toadstool too, of course. But, seeing that pic makes me yearn for a ric (again). I have to solve the heat issues first...

[MizTanks]

Get a shark your less likely to get bit!! Lol

[caveman]

Are you saying you might have extra? Just stocking 1st reef (29g) and looking for easy stuff, HV LED(55-3watt;50/50).

[jimsflies]

I've got plenty of softies that would work for you...including frags of the green toadstool in the photo above.

[schminksbro]

Me? No. I'd forget to feed my kids... I simply can't keep carnivores.
Nems are photosynthetic.

[dave.522]

I agree completely. duncan coral is also a good candidate. my clowns host my Hawaiian feather duster. it ****es the feather duster off a bit but i dont think of it as a big issue