A polymnus with bubble tip

Costareefer · Mar 5, 2020

the black saddles are in the lfs hosted by condylactis anemone. What are the chances these guys would take to my RBTA? Anyone with this combo or knowledge please chime in. I know it’s not their natural host but neither is the condy. Gracias

Mhart032 · Mar 5, 2020

Once they find it, it wont matter to them, I had a BIG carpet in one tank, gave the carpet away when i upgraded and bought a rainbow BTA and as soon as they found it it was done. it took a couple days for them to find it, but when they did it was over. this was 8 months after the upgrade.

Zan's Aquatica · Mar 5, 2020

When I added a BTA in my tank with clowns, I turned around to grab my camera to film their first interaction and before i could even look back they were rolling around it in like its a moneybag, lol!

Costareefer · Mar 5, 2020

Mhart032 said:
Once they find it, it wont matter to them, I had a BIG carpet in one tank, gave the carpet away when i upgraded and bought a rainbow BTA and as soon as they found it it was done. it took a couple days for them to find it, but when they did it was over. this was 8 months after the upgrade.

Thank you. I’ll get them and give it a shot!

D-Nak · Mar 5, 2020

I'm not sure that the above answers were specifically for saddlebacks. The natural hosts for polymnus are H. crispa and S. haddoni. With a BTA it may take a little while.

Costareefer · Mar 5, 2020

D-Nak said:
I'm not sure that the above answers were specifically for saddlebacks. The natural hosts for polymnus are H. crispa and S. haddoni. With a BTA it may take a little while.

Well I picked them up put them in my tank and they went right into the anemone.

Costareefer · Mar 5, 2020

Here’s a pic

adtravels · Mar 5, 2020

D-Nak said:
I'm not sure that the above answers were specifically for saddlebacks. The natural hosts for polymnus are H. crispa and S. haddoni. With a BTA it may take a little while.

Dont forget Macrodactyla doreensis as a natural host for Polymnus.....

old salt reefer · Mar 5, 2020

Nice looking pair of Clowns.

jreefier · Mar 6, 2020

Costareefer said:
the black saddles are in the lfs hosted by condylactis anemone. What are the chances these guys would take to my RBTA? Anyone with this combo or knowledge please chime in. I know it’s not their natural host but neither is the condy. Gracias

Be careful mixing anemones. Had a condy once and added a bta or maybe vice versa but one of them (the one that was first) moved clear across the tank and started stinging the other. Also heard of condy's eating fish even clowns as their stings are supposed to be stronger than a bta.

DeniseAndy · Mar 6, 2020

From what I have experienced with both clarkiis and polymnus is they like any anemone they find. Almost immediately. Never had a clarkii take more than 20 minutes to find a nem in my 210g system. The saddlebacks found them even faster. Now, the others in ocellaris and percula, we do not speak of their ineptitude.

Costareefer · Mar 6, 2020

jferrier said:
Be careful mixing anemones. Had a condy once and added a bta or maybe vice versa but one of them (the one that was first) moved clear across the tank and started stinging the other. Also heard of condy's eating fish even clowns as their stings are supposed to be stronger than a bta.

I don’t have any condy. The fish were using the condy as a host at the lfs. Now they love my rbta :)