Still no luck

[MichaelReefer]

It's been over a year and my clowns still have shown absolutely no interest in the Anemones. I have four very healthy, large anemone and they don't even look at them.

Any tips or tricks?

 

[Mayerlyn A]

I had to move my anemone to their corner for them to get the point.

 

[MichaelReefer]

I had to move my anemone to their corner for them to get the point.

My RBT is in their little area, and still nothing. Ive even tried putting them in a tube with the anenome. They just freak out lol.

 

[Mayerlyn A]

My RBT is in their little area, and still nothing. Ive even tried putting them in a tube with the anenome. They just freak out lol.

I was going to suggest a tube. Sorry , have no other ideas. Clowns are so weird!

 

[reef lover]

Pics taped to the glass worked for me several times...but if you want it fool proof get the clowns thier natural host nem

 

[sfin52]

Video of your type of clowns hosting the bta. That worked for me

 

[reefs4life]

I agree with reef lover, not all clowns host bubble tips very openly.
In my experience I've had saddleback, maroons and skunk clowns host carpets. Bubble tips have always been easy with tomato clowns for whatever reason but one anemone that has almost been hosted any type of clown has been a magnifica/ritteri anemone. I've typically also had more than one species of clownfish in my tanks and found that if they compete against each other, they go find a "safe place" in they're own respective anemone more openly than if there's no competition.

 

[Jon Fishman]

Any tips or tricks?

Acceptance

 

[OnyxPerc]

I've always gotten mine to host by putting them in a homemade egg crate basket together with the nem. It's a small basket where they dont have much space to swim. I feed directly over the nem. Never takes more than a few days, sometimes a few hours, and all the clowns I've ever had have been captive bred.

 

[Sea_forest]

Tape a pic of clownfish in the host anemone then if they don’t get it grab a colander, put the anemone and the clown float it in the tank. If still didn’t work...patience.
been lucky lately, my pink skunk from Sustainable Aquatics dive into the bta on second day.