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Alright,
I know a lot of people including myself have had a hard time getting clownfish to host anemone. It happens frequently.
I have had a pair of black snowflake clowns for 2 years and no matter what never hosted. I tried every more “humane” trick in the book…tube trick, in an isolation box, mirror, picture…etc. Nevertheless, nothing.
In a last ditch effort being I am personal friends with the LFS owners I decided to try to add another pair in hopes it would force them by example. In the event it would go bad I would get the new ones out and get them back.
My experience: horrible idea. Even though it was a success and the clowns now coexist fine I got extremely lucky. The amount of stress the fish and I felt was not worth the reward. Also, there is no guarantee my luck won’t run out one day and they become aggressive again.
Conclusion: if you cannot get a clown to host naturally or with one of the other tricks either accept it may never happen or if you bought anemone strictly for them think about maybe doing away with anemone.
I know a lot of people including myself have had a hard time getting clownfish to host anemone. It happens frequently.
I have had a pair of black snowflake clowns for 2 years and no matter what never hosted. I tried every more “humane” trick in the book…tube trick, in an isolation box, mirror, picture…etc. Nevertheless, nothing.
In a last ditch effort being I am personal friends with the LFS owners I decided to try to add another pair in hopes it would force them by example. In the event it would go bad I would get the new ones out and get them back.
My experience: horrible idea. Even though it was a success and the clowns now coexist fine I got extremely lucky. The amount of stress the fish and I felt was not worth the reward. Also, there is no guarantee my luck won’t run out one day and they become aggressive again.
Conclusion: if you cannot get a clown to host naturally or with one of the other tricks either accept it may never happen or if you bought anemone strictly for them think about maybe doing away with anemone.