Clownfish hosting xenia

Jack Sparrow

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I have a small tank full of lps coral and a Kenya tree, I really want a single ocelaris clownfish but dont want an anenome cause they are difficult, move around and sting corals, and get caught in overflows. The problem is I am worried that if I get a clownfish it will host and bother or kill my coral. I have herd that xenia host clown well and aren't bothered.
If I get some pulsing xenia will the clownfish host it over my other coral? Should I even be concered about clownfish hosting coral? What are the odds that I even get a clownfish that hosts? Is there a way to get a occelaris clownfish that will not host?(like wild caught or captive bred?)

Thankyou all help is appreciated.
 

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Either it won’t host or it will. Impossible to tell what it’s going to do
 

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