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Wandering anemone Steve 06-11-2006
Posted by Wayne Sallee on June 12, 2006, 2:20 pm
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Yea that's common.

Wayne Sallee
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Susan wrote on 6/12/2006 2:18 PM:
> I know what ya mean. I have a feather duster that my tomatoe clown resides
> in. I have 2 bubble tip anemones in the tank but the 2 clowns I have aren't
> the least bit interested in those. Anyone else have a clown stay in a
> feather duster?
>
> Susan :)
>> They pretty well go where they like the conditions the best in regards
>> to flow, light food etc etc.....I had a perfect spot for a BTA, yet
>> that joker would not stay there more than 5 miniots time before it
>> started ot walk off........It kept on insisting it had to take control
>> of a spot which had a loarge frilly shroom on it already. Numerous
>> attempts at placing it other places always resulted init winding up on
>> the frilly. I had to chisel that frilly out of the rock, and relocate
>> it, now that BTA is a happy camper and has not moved in well over 9
>> monoths now......My clown I had in that tank used to host in the
>> frilly shroom......yet it has still not taken uop with the BTA in all
>> this time.........it just ignores it like its not there.
>>
>>
>>
>>>> <>
>>>> <>Steve wrote on 6/11/2006 5:29 AM:
>>>> <>> It's an old problem I know, just got a lovely light green bubble tip
>>>> <>> anemone, but he cause trouble on his first night in the tank.
>>>> <>> Currently he is sitting bang in the middle of a bunch of pulse coral
>>>> <>> heads, and you can tell the coral is not at all pleased with the
>>>> <>> situation. I like anemones, but have never had much luck with them,
>>>> <>> losing them in powerheads previously, currently we have none in this
>>>> <>> tank! Fishing him out from amongst the coral would I think do more
>>>> <>> damage than any it's suffered already. I just hope he moves on
>>>> again.
>>>> <>> Anybody got any training tips for these things - or do they just go
>>>> <>> where they will regardless?
>>>> <>>
>>>> <>> Steve
>
>

Posted by Steve on June 12, 2006, 6:29 pm
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wrote:

>I know what ya mean. I have a feather duster that my tomatoe clown resides
>in. I have 2 bubble tip anemones in the tank but the 2 clowns I have aren't
>the least bit interested in those. Anyone else have a clown stay in a
>feather duster?

We have two clowns in the tank sold as a pair but who don't exactly
like each other. Since I put the bubble anemone in the larger
dominant fish is utterly ecstatic and spends all his time diving into
it, at a level that may well annoy the thing I guess. But having an
anemone has massively increased his territorial instincts. He's
beating up both the other clown and a cleaner shrimp now, in case they
try to go near his anemone, aaargh!!

Tonight's chosen position for the thing... I eventually pulled out
the pulse coral it was half sitting on, *after* only one head had been
killed. Today it left that rock, so we now have a bare shelf sitting
in the light :-). Guess what for - the new Sun Coral I put in at the
weekend, he's parked his ass right on that. And it was just starting
to open and feed. I'm losing my interest in anemones fast, lets hope
he moves on tonight.

Steve

Posted by Wayne Sallee on June 12, 2006, 6:36 pm
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Steve wrote on 6/12/2006 6:29 PM:
> We have two clowns in the tank sold as a pair but who don't exactly
> like each other. Since I put the bubble anemone in the larger
> dominant fish is utterly ecstatic and spends all his time diving into
> it, at a level that may well annoy the thing I guess. But having an
> anemone has massively increased his territorial instincts. He's
> beating up both the other clown and a cleaner shrimp now, in case they
> try to go near his anemone, aaargh!!

Yea we had a real long thread about that a while back.

Wayne Sallee
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Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Posted by Steve on June 12, 2006, 7:25 pm
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wrote:

> He's
>> beating up both the other clown and a cleaner shrimp now, in case they
>> try to go near his anemone, aaargh!!
>
>Yea we had a real long thread about that a while back.

Hmm, I guess this is something they do, isn't nature wonderful ;-)

Steve

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