Is It Possible To Get My Clowns To Host Something?

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Hii!

Just wondering if it'd be possible to get my clowns to host something and how i'd go about it, or if it's down to whether or not the clown wants to host something?
 

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They have to do it on their own. But clowns don't host. The anemone is the host. Which Clown if do you have?
My female clown is being hosted by an Elegance Coral
 
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They have to do it on their own. But clowns don't host. The anemone is the host. Which Clown if do you have?
My female clown is being hosted by an Elegance Coral
I have two Ocellaris, one is a mocha storm and the other is a Gladiator, but they've always just had a corner of the tank, maybe with my new tank they'll change but who knows. Can I see a photo?
 

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Mine were hosted by an Aussie torch (until it rejected them), and since that they didn’t really live anywhere. After the torch died the female killed the male (maybe related, maybe not), and she has started warming up to an indo torch.
So no true hosting yet, I bought some frogs with the intent of them hosting one (nothing) and my tank can’t hold a hosting nem (only 13.5 gallons).
I wish she would pick my Xenia or a leather.
 
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My nem was in the tank for weeks and clowns had no interest. I print a picture of similar clowns in a similar nem and they hosted it immediately. Never separated since
Okay, did you just have any random clownfish and anemone or identical to the ones you have?
 
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Mine were hosted by an Aussie torch (until it rejected them), and since that they didn’t really live anywhere. After the torch died the female killed the male (maybe related, maybe not), and she has started warming up to an indo torch.
So no true hosting yet, I bought some frogs with the intent of them hosting one (nothing) and my tank can’t hold a hosting nem (only 13.5 gallons).
I wish she would pick my Xenia or a leather.
dang, sorry for your loss. But yeah, I just saw a clown in a long polyp toadstool which made me raise this question. I"?'d love my clowns in my toadstool
 

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….. Can I see a photo?

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Okay, did you just have any random clownfish and anemone or identical to the ones you have?
These are my clowns And nem. I found a photo similar to prove my wife wrong on this idea but of course she was right.
 

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Prior tank, I had one clown. It liked my frogspawn. They coexisted well.

Current tank with 2 clowns (a snowflake and a flurry). They don’t like the bta, frogspawn, octo or hammer. They like the corners of the tank for the most part. Definitely sleep up too near a corner or the overflow but wander around during the day. Never ever ever go towards the back of the tank.
 

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