Hi all,
I have a pair of tank raised clowns (one onyx ocellaris and one picasso) going on a year now. I put a beautiful big fat red bta in there a month ago. 0 interest. I put up pictures of other clowns in nems (which seemed ridiculous to me, but didn't hurt to try) Ive been feeding directly over the nem to try to get them near/in it- they just wait for the food to disperse. I tried putting the food in a net to kind of trap them in a small space near the nem- they wont go in the net for the food and it just gets eaten by all the more daring fish. (Its a 220g Reef tank so Im not in a position to break down all the rock work to try to catch the clowns and remove the nem.) So any advice or suggestions on how to get them to pair up that doesn't involve catching them, or should I just give up? Someone suggested scaring them so they swim to the nem for safety but its such a big tank I feel like they would just swim through the rock work etc.
I considered getting a 2nd pair of clowns that I can confine w the anemone directly. Thoughts on that? I love clowns but as I understand its 1 pair per tank no matter how big your tank bc eventually one pair will destroy the other? Id love more clowns if its possible?
Im sure there have been many posts about this situation in the past, and Ive read a lot, watched you tube videos, etc. Everything seems to be "catch them and put them in a small space together" which I can't do. Just trying to see if anyone has some ideas outside the box. Thank you!!!
I have a pair of tank raised clowns (one onyx ocellaris and one picasso) going on a year now. I put a beautiful big fat red bta in there a month ago. 0 interest. I put up pictures of other clowns in nems (which seemed ridiculous to me, but didn't hurt to try) Ive been feeding directly over the nem to try to get them near/in it- they just wait for the food to disperse. I tried putting the food in a net to kind of trap them in a small space near the nem- they wont go in the net for the food and it just gets eaten by all the more daring fish. (Its a 220g Reef tank so Im not in a position to break down all the rock work to try to catch the clowns and remove the nem.) So any advice or suggestions on how to get them to pair up that doesn't involve catching them, or should I just give up? Someone suggested scaring them so they swim to the nem for safety but its such a big tank I feel like they would just swim through the rock work etc.
I considered getting a 2nd pair of clowns that I can confine w the anemone directly. Thoughts on that? I love clowns but as I understand its 1 pair per tank no matter how big your tank bc eventually one pair will destroy the other? Id love more clowns if its possible?
Im sure there have been many posts about this situation in the past, and Ive read a lot, watched you tube videos, etc. Everything seems to be "catch them and put them in a small space together" which I can't do. Just trying to see if anyone has some ideas outside the box. Thank you!!!