[b]Pair of Very Little Oscellaris Clowns [/b]

[PTR18482]

Hi people, I have recently added a pair (2 of, not sure about the "pair" part) oscellaris clowns to my 210L tank. I already had a pair of clarkes clowns one big, aggressive, female that claimed all three of the anemones in the tank (2 BTA, 1 rose BTA),
anyway the plan was to try the two types/species and if she was too aggressive she was gone! We tried the two new clowns for a couple of days and kept a very close eye on everything, the big female would not leave the other two alone! even when they were just hiding in the top corner of the tank she was constantly attacking them, the more mature of the two especialy (possible a female, unsure :?: ). I managed to catch her and put her in the keeper tank, the two newbies began exploring the tank and the anemones and then the male clarke's (he is not much bigger than the newbies) started attacking them aswell! :x
So I took him out aswell :lol:
Kept them out for around 3 hrs, after I had disturbed the tank the anemones had closed up and as the newbies where not going near them they were still looking like crap :x
We decided to put the clarke's back in and put the newbies on their own in the keeper tank, I put the rose BT in with them and after almost two weeks they still will not go in the anemone, can anyone tell me why :?: I'm not sure about these sort of things?

The slightly bigger of the two newbies looked very stressed and all around her/his tail fin was slightly "streaky". Is this a common response and will it get better

I'm almost as new to this as the clowns are so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Peter[/b]

 

[Entacmaea]

Hi Peter and Welcome!

You have just witnessed clowns in their normal territorial response, especially because there were anemones in the tank, your large female was simply protecting her territory. Usually when adding fish to a tank, you would add the largest, most agressive/territorial fish last, exactly for this reason. it is very likely that you might never get the two different clown species to coexist. You can try rearranging the LR, and placement of the anemones (as far apart as possible) and reintroducing the clowns, but in that small a tank, it still might not happen.

As for the percs now in the other tank- your Rose Bubble is not their natural host, so they may not take to it. Percs take to Bubble tips only some of the time in aquariums.

Hope this helps!

Peter (good name, BTW :wink: )

 

[PTR18482]

Hi, thanks for the reply,
that helps but I have tried moving the anemones but after a day or two they are back together and don't move after that :?:

Can anyone tell me what the percs like as a host?

Thanks
Peter

 

[Len]

A.ocellaris's natural host anemones are: Heteractis magnifica (Ritteri), Stichodactyla gigantea and S. mertensii (both carpets). All are tough to keep, relatively speaking. They have been known to take up "unnatural" hosts though, so you might want to give it some time. My friends took about 6 months to family move in!

If your anemones prefer living in colonies, let them be. You can sometimes find huge stands of anemones (likely clones) that live together in the wild.

Oh .....
WELCOME TO REEFS.ORG!

 

[PTR18482]

WOW Thanks peoples,
this place is great :!: