Clown fish hosting anemone

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GassyMon

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It has been about 2 months since I bought a white carpet short tenticle anemone with purple ot the end of each tenticle. My 1 of my clowns has been in a diffrent anemone but the other has not. How could I help get them in there? Or should I just leave them be?
 
Does it look like this?

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If so, that's a condylactis (condy) anemone, not a carpet anemone. Clowns don't usually host in condy anemones. You should just let them be, but don't have high hopes for the condy and clown to have a relationship. They are pretty nems, for sure.
 
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Opps its blue tipps now that I look at it. Here are some pics.
 

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That looks like a sebae anemone.

Some clowns will host anemones, others won't. Some prefer to host a rock, the heater, or a powerhead. You can't force a clown to go into an anemone. It's hit or miss with them. Sometimes it can take a while before they'll even go near it, and then they'll host it. There's no way to predict it.
 
It sounds weird, but some people have reported success by taking a magazine picture of a clown and taping it on the glass near the anemone. The clown will think it's a real clownfish and will go in the anemone to get near it, then decides to stay. It's worth a shot if you don't mind being made fun of for having magazine fish taped to your tank! :lol:
 
Bifferwine said:
It sounds weird, but some people have reported success by taking a magazine picture of a clown and taping it on the glass near the anemone. The clown will think it's a real clownfish and will go in the anemone to get near it, then decides to stay. It's worth a shot if you don't mind being made fun of for having magazine fish taped to your tank! :lol:
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Guess I could try it?
 
Yeah i've tried a condy anemone (which obviously didn't work), a green carpet anemone, and a bubble tip anemone... none of which my clowns have hosted, along with any of the other corals in my tank. Guess my clowns are just swimmers. hahaha.
 
photokaty said:
Yeah i've tried a condy anemone (which obviously didn't work), a green carpet anemone, and a bubble tip anemone... none of which my clowns have hosted, along with any of the other corals in my tank. Guess my clowns are just swimmers. hahaha.
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It may just take them time, my clowns took almost 4-5 months to host anything in my tank.
 
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