Surrogate anemone

[Hippocampus kuda]

We all know that all anemonefish adopt surrogate anemones if they cannot find any anemone deemed to be suitable for them, but my clown is different, even though he already has a chosen anemone, he would still adopt surrogates. Even though I have provided him with the right anemone (Heteractis magnifica; H. crispa; Stichodactyla gigantea), he is still on the look for other anemones, and I don't want retracted polyps inside my tank. It makes my tank look bleak. pleeeaaaasssssse help!!! :grumble: :HELP!:

Oh and by the way check this out. It might help.
Anemone fishes and their host sea anemones :)

 

[marcah]

clowns are a strange breed to say the least.. they will adopt what they what how they want to do it and for no particular reason.. My last clowns I had adopted powerheads and left the nems alone in the tank which were suitable for them..there is never a guarentee that they will adopt anything in the tank, it is all to their choosing.. the clowns I have now are hosted by both my BTA and LTA, the BTA which recently Split they took right to that too. So they are always on the lookout for more...

 

[jcegt87]

My old clown had 3 homes, a colony of zoas, and 2 brain corals , in the wild they needs anemones, but in or tanks they go with whatever they want and sadly theirs nothing we can do but hope they settle on one