Anemone problems....

[Pishy-Guy98]

I have two ocellaris clown fish's and a bubble tip anemone. It has been almost three days and they have not yet hosted the anemone. Is there a problem? [This is my 10 gallon tank... not my 75 gallon]

[julesjt]

I have two ocellaris clown fish's and a bubble tip anemone. It has been almost three days and they have not yet hosted the anemone. Is there a problem? [This is my 10 gallon tank... not my 75 gallon]

If I am not mistaken you have a 85% chance of them hosting but not guaranteed.

I have two young clown and a huge bubble tip and mine don't host it either and I don't see it happening.

If you really wanted that it is best to see in the pet store a clown hosting one.

[Ninong]

I have two ocellaris clown fish's and a bubble tip anemone. It has been almost three days and they have not yet hosted the anemone. Is there a problem? [This is my 10 gallon tank... not my 75 gallon]

A bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) is not a natural host to ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) but they will usually accept it as a surrogate host in captivity eventually. Whether it takes a few days or a few weeks for them to accept it is unpredictable.

However, a 10-gallon tank is grossly inadequate for a bubble-tip anemone and a pair of ocellaris clownfish. I wouldn't put that anemone in anything less than a 40-gallon aquarium and I wouldn't attempt to keep a pair of ocellaris clownfish in anything smaller than a 25-gallon tank.

Here is a picture of zhenya's bubble-tip anemone:


Here's a picture of zhenya's bubble-tip anemone in his 110-gallon aquarium.


The anemone cloned. And it cloned again. And again. And again. Over a period of less than seven years, zhenya's original tiny little bubble-tip anemone produced well over 100 clones. Finally zhenya gave away most of the clones to a couple of very well known hobbyists. He kept only a couple for himself.

I always like to post pics of the BTA that ate zhenya's 110-gallon tank. It should serve as an inspiration for other hobbyists attempting to keep any anemone in a tank less than 40 gallons.

I strongly recommend that you read this article: Be a Host to Your Anemone, by Dr. Ron Shimek.

[zhenya]

Well done, Ninong.... That should scare anyone attempting to keep anemones in a small tank...

[rluix]

A bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) is not a natural host to ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) but they will usually accept it as a surrogate host in captivity eventually. Whether it takes a few days or a few weeks for them to accept it is unpredictable.

However, a 10-gallon tank is grossly inadequate for a bubble-tip anemone and a pair of ocellaris clownfish. I wouldn't put that anemone in anything less than a 40-gallon aquarium and I wouldn't attempt to keep a pair of ocellaris clownfish in anything smaller than a 25-gallon tank.

Here is a picture of zhenya's bubble-tip anemone:


Here's a picture of zhenya's bubble-tip anemone in his 110-gallon aquarium.


The anemone cloned. And it cloned again. And again. And again. Over a period of less than seven years, zhenya's original tiny little bubble-tip anemone produced well over 100 clones. Finally zhenya gave away most of the clones to a couple of very well known hobbyists. He kept only a couple for himself.

I always like to post pics of the BTA that ate zhenya's 110-gallon tank. It should serve as an inspiration for other hobbyists attempting to keep any anemone in a tank less than 40 gallons.

I strongly recommend that you read this article: Be a Host to Your Anemone, by Dr. Ron Shimek.

We are gonna need tanks to destroy the anenomes

[Pishy-Guy98]

Thanks to all. After three weeks, it started to host the anemone!! But now may all of you who helped me here go to my latest thread to help me with clownfish problems....
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