Host for New Clown Pair

[ahbeaud]

New to the hobby, so bear with me!☺️
Just got a bonded pair of clowns and was hoping they’d find a host in either my GSPs or duncans, but so far, no luck.
Looking for some sort of anemone or something similar that might be more of what they’re looking for.
TIA!
~Alaina
760-855-9582

[ahbeaud]

Weekend bump

[davocean]

Frogspawn or hammer are my 2 favorite soft corals and great nem alternatives.

[mdl92128]

What type of clowns?


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[ahbeaud]

Not sure why I didn’t see the posts above; sorry!

Open to suggestions, so appreciate that!

Not sure which breed (ocellaris vs. percula); is there a trick to determine?

[dshillen]

Clownfish will do their hosting when they are ready. I have never had clownfish host a coral, but I usually always had an anemone in the tank with them. I have had clownfish take 9 months before hosting an anemone and had others take to it immediately. It all depends on the clownfish. I recently placed a clownfish in a tank with an elegance coral as opposed to placing an anemone in the tank to see if that would take but no such luck as of yet. I also believe if they are wild caught clownfish as opposed to tank raised they might take to an anemone quicker.