Clownfish likes Anenome?

[April315]

About how long should it take for a maroon clownfish to deceide if he/she will house in an anenome or not? I have two diffrent kinds of anenomes. In my 30 tank I have a bubbletip, in my 75 I have a long tentacle. He is right now in my 30 gallon tank with the bubble tip & I haven't really seen him even notice it. He's only been in there a week though.

[graphixx]

April, that is hit and miss, sometimes it will take months and sometimes it will literally take minutes. there is no really set time

[April315]

Thanks, I'll have to give it more time before switching him to the tank with the long tentacle. I was just wondering. I've read the Clownfish - Anenome compatibility chart prior to getting the anenomes.

[graphixx]

dont give up. I have a maroon and it took him about 2 days for him to host one of my 2 bubble tips. it will happen just a matter of time. I know it can be frustrating but when they do host its sooo awesome!!!

[Fatman]

Mine took minutes, as soon as he saw me put it in, boom he went at it.

[bobert]

was it bred in captivity? cause if it was it might not host

[Sweetpea]

I have a maroon clown that took several days to host. Turned out the anmeone was too small for him (4" or so), and once he did host, he "loved" it to death (literally). I got him a much bigger anemone (8"), and he went to it right away. It was a very happy pairing!

[carpenterwrasse]

there is no science to this a captive bred clown doesn't have the hosting gene if you will call it that...I had a clown for 6 monthes that didn't host with the anemone but he sure loved my xena and my toadstool...I once purchased a clown and its host anemone from the lfs but when i got them home it was another story the clown wanted nothing to do with the anemone..
George

[April315]

Yesterday I came home from work & my clownfish disappeared. We looked all over the tank for it. Then I noticed a little maroon spot in the middle of the bubbletip anenome. Then he started to poke his head out. It took about 7 days. I think he was captive bred.

[April315]

Yesterday I came home from work & my clownfish disappeared. We looked all over the tank for it. Then I noticed a little maroon spot in the middle of the bubbletip anenome. Then he started to poke his head out. It took about 7 days. I think he was captive bred.