Controversial question

[Timmehvl]

I have a male and female clown fish


They host a carpet and occasionally gor to my rbta ...

If i take away the carpet will they host the rbta ....

 

[Timmehvl]

I have a male and female clown fish


They host a carpet and occasionally gor to my rbta ...

If i take away the carpet will they host the rbta ....

Please help

 

[NY_Caveman]

I have a male and female clown fish


They host a carpet and occasionally gor to my rbta ...

If i take away the carpet will they host the rbta ....

If they are ocellaris or percula, the BTA is not a natural host for them.

 

[Timmehvl]

But why do they swim throught its sometimes ? Is it possible to do what im asking ? :)

Thabks for the reply and i say what i said with peace :)

 

[NY_Caveman]

Need to know what type of clowns they are for best guidance, if you know. If they go in the BTA already and touch the tentacles, they will probably let it host them if you remove the carpet.

Welcome to R2R BTW

 

[Timmehvl]

ocellaris clown fish and thanks ive been in the hobbie three years its good to be here

 

[John Neuzil]

The answer to your question is "maybe". The is no yes or no. For example I had a green BTA in my tank for months and the clowns ignored it. I added a rbta and they were in it in less than a week.

 

[Timmehvl]

Well when i got the clowns about a month ago they come with the carpet and where already hosting it they went to the rbta for about a week and went back to the carpet for the past 3 i took the carpet out of my display so we will see how they go

 

[Timmehvl]

So no one else has done this ?

 

[ScottR]

I had clowns hosting a torch coral. I moved the coral in hopes of them hosting the nem. They didn’t care. Just because they sometimes go to the BTA doesn’t mean they’ll make it their home. Clownfish..... always gave me more problems than anything :mad:

 

[James M]

It’s a 50/50. Then nem will host the pair or it won’t

 

[Timmehvl]

It’s a 50/50. Then nem will host the pair or it won’t

Well why did it host for a week then they went back to the carpet

 

[skyrne_isk]

So no one else has done this ?

I have - and would say "probably". My perculas had a gigantea years ago, which didn't make it. For 6 months or so they hosted a green tongan BTA and a rose BTA. Took a few days before they went to the BTAs but it happened. Now they are back in a carpet - just be patient, I would say most percs will take a BTA. If they won't, try a different kind of BTA (color morph). I've always guessed they have slightly different smells from locale to locale. One is bound to smell close enough. Hope this helps.