Will Pederson Shrimp Host a Rock Flower?

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I'd like to get some pedersons but I dont want their native anemone, the Bartholomea annulata, in my current nano tank. Will they host a rock flower instead?
 
I'd like to get some pedersons but I dont want their native anemone, the Bartholomea annulata, in my current nano tank. Will they host a rock flower instead?
how about some sexy shrimp instead? I don't think pendersons host RFA
 
I’ve had luck with them hosting RFAs. It’s not their preferred anemone though. I think it’s an “any port in a storm” situation, TBH.
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I think hosting is probably the wrong term. My sexy shrimp, spotted anemone shrimp, and pedersons “hang out” on the rock flowers.
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My sexy shrimp and some of my porcelain crabs will sit in my rock flowers but I have 4 spotted anemone shrimp and none seem to really care for them. They sit on the rockwork or in the zoa patches.
 

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