Mad at my clowns!

[reeffreak]

Clowns are overrated.Take the clowns back for credit.(good luck on catching them).

I can't understand why they can't just host one coral.Hosting the brain is fine but jumping back and forth between the alveopora,brain and gsp is bad!

[Sxybeemr325]

Biff,

I have the same problem as you. my clowns will not stop hosting my gonipora either! I have tryed to move it from the far left of my tnk to the far right, but the clowns will always find it. I was worried at one point as my gonipora was retracted for about 1 week (at first). Now, it looks ok. How long did it take for your clowns to kill your gonipora? Just wondering if mine is in danger as well.... as it looks fine now, with the 2 clowns in it.... And they have been hosting it since january...

[IraqVeteran]

Originally Posted by Damseluver

For tanks with clowns I usually include a ordinary toadstool leather for them to host in absent a anemone (don't like anemones either). This is about the only coral that seems to actually enjoy having clowns.

http://www.garf.org/39/fish/pict.html

I'll be damned....that was a cool pic from that link. I never pay much attention to clown fish (the whole "Nemo" thing annoyed the living shit out of me). I had one a long time ago and people always said "hey look! It's Nemo!" That got really freaking annoying after awhile.

Anyway, I didnt know they used toadstools like that, pretty neat.

[cgoodman381]

Originally Posted by cthegame

man that fake anemone sure has my curiosity...

About once the clowns have already hosted a coral, it will be hard to get them away from it to a new toadstool.

I may give it a shot since my lighting is a little low for my sebae, even though it seems to be doing ok. If I pick one up ill post on how it goes.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by Sxybeemr325

Biff,

I have the same problem as you. my clowns will not stop hosting my gonipora either! I have tryed to move it from the far left of my tnk to the far right, but the clowns will always find it. I was worried at one point as my gonipora was retracted for about 1 week (at first). Now, it looks ok. How long did it take for your clowns to kill your gonipora? Just wondering if mine is in danger as well.... as it looks fine now, with the 2 clowns in it.... And they have been hosting it since january...

It took several months. My goni was very small (golf ball sized) so I don't think it could handle all the action.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by reeffreak

Clowns are overrated.Take the clowns back for credit.(good luck on catching them).

I can't understand why they can't just host one coral.Hosting the brain is fine but jumping back and forth between the alveopora,brain and gsp is bad!

Hahaha, like I could catch anything in my tank!!! I'm attached to the suckers...

They only move onto a different coral when they've successfully killed their host.

Tonight I'll try that suggestion and move the toadstool over to where they live. That guy is so huge, he could handle them.

[Altohombre]

my clowns don't host anything and that includes a frogspawn, torch, hammer, and a toadstool. However, my Midas Blenny likes to dig a hole out of my rock then a week later find another spot and dig another hole, then now it is hosting my thermometer. Big yellow distroying machine it is.

[Bifferwine]

I moved the toadstool leather over to their area. They totally ignored it. Instead they started hosting my new 8-headed hammer. Which now has 5 heads. So I've moved the hammer (I hope the other heads, which are slightly damaged, aren't beyond recovery), and now they're hosting some frilly mushrooms that I have in the area. Stupid clowns.

[cgoodman381]

Really, why not give the fake anem a shot?

[Bifferwine]

...because it's fake.