will my clown fish use an anemone that a different kind of clown was using?
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It depends on the type of anemone and the specific clownfish. Percula Clownfish naturally host the Heteractis magnifica (Magnificent/Ritteri Anemone) and the Stichodactyla gigantea (Carpet Anemone) in the wild.
Wild-caught Percula Clowns will more readily host other anemones in captivity though. Most people don’t have the same luck with Ocellaris Clowns, unless it’s one of the two anemones listed above.
It’s hard to say exactly what anemone you have from your description. What color is its base? It may take several months for the Clown to pair up, so give it some time, just be aware that it may never go in the anemone.
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Your Clown fish should use it. Fish like any-kind of material where they can hide, breed and ‘feel’ safe. Here is some more information about anenome’s:
When an anemone dies in an aquarium, it releases massive quantities of toxins that could decimate every animal you have in that aquarium. These anemones are fundamentally unsuited to aquariums.
Despite this, thousands of anemones are raided from the ocean. This is a tragedy, because in the wild, anemones can live for hundreds of years. They also reproduce very slowly. When an anemone with a 60 or 70 years ahead of it is taken from the ocean and left to die in an aquarium in just several months, it is a tragedy.
When an anemone is not given the chance to produce offspring, it is a tragedy. If we keep up these destructive collecting practices, there will be no anemones left in the ocean. They simply do not reproduce quickly enough to keep up with the demand of the pet trade.
First of all, water conditions. How old is your tank? Anenomes have the same basic needs as other inverts in your tank. Salinity around 1.025, pH around 8.2, Temp around 78 degrees. But, they are very sensitive to any swings in these parameters. And they are sensitive to any ammonia in the water. Established, well cycled tanks are best for keeping anenomes. Although, I understand BTA’s are good first anenomes. I have a Long Tentacle.
As for additives, I use Lugols for iodine replacement about twice a month. They iodine to help build their cell structure. Be careful if you choose Lugols because you could overdose.
I used to feed mine every other day but it was getting way too big so I cut back to about twice a week. I like to feed it fresh fish like tuna or sea bass when available and frozen squid when not. I always "hand" feed it with long surgical tweezers. It will grab whatever I give it and devour it in less than five min.
I have 3watts per gallon of PC light 50/50 over a 16" deep tank and the LTA seems to be doing really good. I have heard that they require much more light than that but mine has been growing and healthy for almost ten months. It stays primarily on the top most rocks closest to the light so there probably is something to the more light needed theory.
Now, bunching up is something mine never does unless it is eating but I don’t have any experience with BTA’s so this might be normal. Someone else will probably answer that one.
Hope this helps. Here is a blury pic of mine. I, know everybody has seen this one but I haven’t taken any pics for a while since my daughter broke my camera.
Oh, and don’t think you’re boring anybody. I think anenomes are discussed the least amount on these boards because noone really knows the exact recipe for keeping anenomes happy. We try different things and report success and failure.
Yes he will use it