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02-06-2007, 04:17 PM
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squid
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Arizona
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BTA hosting help
I just added a BTA to my tank and i have two clown fish. For some reason they wont host the BTA. When i did a water change the other day, while i was siphoning some of the water out, the male was hiding in the BTA for a while, while the hose was in the tank, but they never really go near it now. is there anything i can do to get them to host it? thanks for your help!
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02-06-2007, 04:22 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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What kind of clownfish? They just may feel very secure in your tank. You may need to scare them more!
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02-06-2007, 04:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: California
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How long has the BTA been in there? My tomato didn't pay one bit of attention to the BTAs for two or three weeks. Then, one night he "discovered" them and we haven't been able to separate them since.
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02-06-2007, 04:49 PM
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Let's Hug It Out .......!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Just East of East St. Louis
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This my just be a myth but you could try:
putting a pic of a clown fish hosting and it might scare the clown into hosting,
i did it and it made the clown stay on the other side of the tank thats it
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02-06-2007, 04:49 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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what kind of clownfish? diff clowns host naturally to diff anenome's
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02-06-2007, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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well it took my marron clown 3 weeks to host with my BTA and its a Seabea Anemone no when ever i am using the kent algee scraper he will defend his anemone he will not allow me to come near it. BTW before the maroon hosted it one of my perc had hosted it for 2 days and the maroon chased him off. Now my Percs have hosted in my colt coral but the kolt does not like them. |
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02-06-2007, 04:58 PM
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squid
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Arizona
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I have a male and female percula. i have had the BTA for about two and a half weeks. I thought it only took two weeks for them to start to host them, that is why i am curiouse as to why they havent yet.
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02-06-2007, 05:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Liberty, MO
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you might check this article to see what anemones the percs naturally host. i have a black perc and 2 RBTA and he doesn't seem to pay much attention to them. i'm thinking of getting rid of the black perc and getting a tomato instead, since they naturally host in the BTAs.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume...wn_anemone.htm |
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02-06-2007, 06:30 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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It's not a 'natural' match. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't but these don't normally host in BTA in the wild so it's a crap shoot at best.
May take a few weeks, few months, or not at all... just depends on the clowns.
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02-06-2007, 07:48 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
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Welcome to TRT!!
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02-06-2007, 09:51 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koddie Doo
This my just be a myth but you could try:
putting a pic of a clown fish hosting and it might scare the clown into hosting,
i did it and it made the clown stay on the other side of the tank thats it
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I've heard this works too, taping a picture of a clownfish hosting on the front of the tank buy the anonomie, but never tried it myself.
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02-06-2007, 10:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskey
I've heard this works too, taping a picture of a clownfish hosting on the front of the tank buy the anonomie, but never tried it myself.
Whiskey
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oh, now I understand....
i hung a picture of howard k stern hosting anna nicole smith on my tank and my clown jumped out of the tank and the BTA shriveled-up to nothing.
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02-06-2007, 10:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kent, OH
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it took months for my clownfish to host. if they're tank bred it generally takes longer for them to host in anenomes. i hear
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