Clownfish FINALLY hosting anemone after months of trial and error

[cmann]

Finally got my clownfish to host my anemone. Took about 15 minutes and now he won’t leave it

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Great job!

 

[TokenReefer]

Looks great! Awesome

 

[Mathew0]

no tips for the rest of us?

 

[Fish Styx]

Congratulations, it's a beautiful pairing!

Just a quick point of fact, however, because verbiage matters... In the mutualistic partnership between Clownfish and anemones, the anemone is the host. Clownfish do not "host" an anemone, but rather "accept" or "pair with" it.

 

[cmann]

no tips for the rest of us?

Sure, I built an acrylic box that went over the anemone and out the top of the tank and then just dropped the clownfish in from the top and let nature do the rest

 

[rnb]

Yeah mine wouldn't host the anemone until they noticed it in the tank. It spent some time in the back of the tank a little hidden away, and the moment it moved somewhere else and the clowns had a good look at it, they swarmed over!