Should I add a pair of percs?

[Dak]

Hi All,
Have been considering adding a pair of perculas into our 26 gallon (only other fish is a lawnmover blenny). My main concern is that the clowns will hassle my elegance coral and try to adopt it.

Is there another coral that percs prefer over elegance? Not crazy about adding a bubble tip anemone but I'm considering that too. Is it possible to speculate?

Other corals we have are: singularia, button polyps, star polyps, mushrooms, and xenia.

[FishDaddy]

Dak,
No way to really tell which coral or object Percs will choose as host. My Ocellaris used an oyster shell cluster til I got some Mushrooms; when I got a Frogspawn, they moved to it; when I got some Ricordea, they moved to those frilly's. Now they hang out in either the Frog or the Ricordea. I've never seen any ill effects on the corals by the Clowns.
An anemone is quite unnecessary and your Clowns should do fine.
I'd select a couple of juveniles (tank-raised or bred would be good) and let them grow up in your tank.
Dick

[Dak]

Originally posted by FishDaddy
I've never seen any ill effects on the corals by the Clowns.
An anemone is quite unnecessary and your Clowns should do fine.

Dick, that is really good news, I've been hestitating because I didn't want the elegance to be put at risk (it's my favorite coral).

Thanks for the reassurance!