How To Get Clownfish To Host Anemone 

Nice! Thanks for sharing this technique with us!

warcraftjinx I’ll try this tonight

I will try this and report back!

He knows how to touch her

How long does it take after the initial sting?

Lmao, isnt that all true! Thanks for the early morning laugh. Have a great week.

@@ReeferGil Killed my torch trying to get it to host them.......idiots

the only things a clownfish will HOST is crypt or other parasites. I have all these visions of all these creatures riding around on the Clownfish's back. (it's the other way around).

My cinnamon clown hosted a fake plastic lionfish

Donald trumps hair lol

Probably because its more satisfying to watch than bath bombs.

You should start saltwater tank

Then don’t watch stay with what you have

Much appreciated Nicky!

That happened to me once about 4 years ago. Found parts of my nem in the circulation pumps. Sucked.

NICE! Yea, so many techniques people use. I really thought the clowns would take to nem right away, otherwise I would have planned this out better before allowing the nem to anchor down.

Brian's Aquariums and Pets I did the same thing with my Onix Picasso clown put him together at night and in the morning the clown was hosting only swims out wen it's feeding time.

Man, I still smile every time I walk by the tank and see my clowns dancing inside the anemone. I'm a happy camper even if I never added another fish or coral to the tank!

Thank you Lisa! I'm so stoked it finally worked!

LOL, thanks man. 12 year old clownfish, that's amazing! Nice job!

So Iv been trying to have my clowns to host my anemone, I was told to use a video or a pic very skeptic, I waited till all the main lights are off and used a video on here and posted the video outside the tank and the clowns were following the video until one of them finally touched the actual anemone and now he’s all over it

@@warren2486 No way man! Haha. That's amazing!

Isn't that the coolest thing to watch! He enticed her to follow and she did. Great post, thanks!!!

ReeferGil sadly I was so happy with it that I forgot to take the camera. Would have been nice footage. 😉

LOL! It's a tough one to say for me.

Aweseome tip Rizendell, thank you for taking the time to share.

I would go anemone first then clownfish in a new build. I think you have better chances that way. And of course they will host your expensive frogspawn, it's just our luck! LOL.

I'm skeptical about that method. I say they would have been in anemone 20 minutes later without the video.

Lmaoooo I can’t believe this works

Wish I could of seen the reaction lol

Yes sir, this is definitely not the only way to skin this cat! Good luck Cuban.

I honestly wouldn't mind if they hosted another coral that didn't get irritated by them. But so glad it worked out here. Thanks Walter.

Really appreciate the feedback. Thanks!

Hunter, I apologize for the late response. My YT settings were messed up, so I just got this now. I'm absolutely thrilled this worked from someone else. That is AWESOME. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you sir!

Right on, thank you!

LOL, yes I am!

Thanks SC... wait. You don't watch ALL of my vids till the end? :)

LOL I sure do buddy!!!!😀

LMAO, thanks Dave. It was a tongue twister unless I said it really slow.

Can't say I wasn't super frustrated, but it was all worth it in the end. Good luck with your attempt(s)

Not while it's cycling.bis that what you were asking?

Very entertaining pair as well, Bummer about your nem!

Yea man, so happy.

Nice, I thought that was a very cleaver way of doing it.

Thank you!

Thanks Ryan!

Me too!!! Thank you!

Oh man Brock, what a major bummer. Hopefully you'll get them back in. It's really neat seeing them host one, but if they don't... I would go amoneless... anemoless.... NO ANEMONE!

Hahaha, clownfish are special!

ReeferGil pi got one of my maroon clowns to hoast a green bubble tip but the other one couldn’t Care less about the buble tip I got them 4 days ago also they are not a true pair yet

Hey, its been a longtime brother, Thanks for the post!

I know right! Still love watching your videos. I'm getting close to finishing things in my house. Hopefully in the next couple years I can get back into the hobby. I still have my diy nano I built and still have my black and white clowns. Love watching them swim still lol.

So you still have the nano up and running with the clownfish?

ReeferGil yeah. Doing just fine. No corals but everything else is running good on it. I've moved the nano from my parents to 2 differnt apartments and now to my house in my office. Still holding strong.

LMAO, exactly!

LOL, good luck Matt, I'm sure it will work out for you.

LOL, you can paint the aqua-mag too look like an anemone! Clowns are pretty funny.

mine do this...

Oh my gosh, I HATE those commercials! I actually do turn it down. Will definitely lower it more now that I have some feedback. Thank you sir!

@@ReeferGil maybe turn your overall volume up on the video so we can leave the volume down cause yeah those commercials in the middle are just like BLASTING

@@L3G3NDARYK1LL3R Excellent feedback. Much appreciated and I WILL see if I can adjust the volume on my end. 👍

Ah got it. It's the commercials. Thanks.

LOL, first tank was an established systems, a few years old. Way better looking growth than right now. But in time, this system will also look sweet. Thanks for the tip too!

Tomato, Tomatoe....lol. Thanks!

LOL

Are you asking if you could use the pipe as a "water slide" for your clownfish to be dropped into an anemone? If so, yes you can.

Technically I did. The sticky feeling you get when touching these is actually the anemone stinging you if I'm correct. They can leave nasty welts on you, but I've never had an issue. I think some people are more sensitive to the sting than others. Good point that I did not mention in the video. Thanks Mike!

ReeferGil liar, you are secretly a clown fish and the clown fishs in this video are paid actors

Hey Ron... that's the love-hate relationship with nems. They can go on the move and really screw things up. It's always a worry. Thanks buddy.

LOL, yea my female will do this to the male from time to time. He should eventually work his way in.

@@ReeferGil I put them back in the main tank and they both forgot completely about the nem. :(

@@audreyfisk8161 Hopefully they decide to experiment with it and make it their home again, fingers crossed. If you have Instagram, I post all the time "ReeferGil" if you're interested.

Thanks Aaron! Do you ride sports bikes?

Yes, the larger of the two will be the female and more aggressive of the two. The males can change to females, but females can not change to males. Once a female, there's no going back.

Exactly. I don’t know why people keep stating the clowns host the anemone. Even so called ‘experts’ say the clowns host the anemone. Go figure.

Right? I was so confused when I kept hearing that

Who cares lol we all know what he means

@@Reefspidey people that are new to the hobby. People that care 🤷🏻‍♂️.

@@Reefspidey Proper explanations won’t confuse people who dk anything so it’s important.

Thanks Cooper!

Thank you!!!

Thank you Brian!

As usual, thanks Surro!

Why would you expect growth after such a short time? Most reefers wish anemone's wouldn't grow large to avoid having them sting neighboring corals. If your conditions are good, it will grow... but in time. Worst thing you can do is try to overfeed it. You will end up killing it. I would not suggest buying a second anemone as you will not have different results. You current anemone will look fabulous.

@@ReeferGil ok so i found out it's a watermelon anemone and they don't really grow, and from what i've heard about them they look just like mine, and yes before reading this i just bought a bta, sorry, but clowns are showing more interest in hosting and it looks very happy, the other anemone is weird, i went on r2r and i found a few threads on watermelon anemones and people for even having them for a year and them not growing, and once i get a qt set up i'll try the method of how you got your clowns to host, my female goes in a shakes for a bit and comes back out, male will look at the anemone but doesn't really go into the anemone or has even tried, anyways, sorry that i bought another one but it does look a lot better than the other one, and the other one is to small for my clowns to host even,

@@greysmans awesome. Sounds like it worked out..

ReeferGil yeah hopefully both clowns will start hosting soon

LMAO, thanks Joey... tongue twister there.

The effort paid off! Congrats, that's great news.

Some people are sensitive to their sting. They just feel sticky to me, never had a reaction, LOL. Good thing I don't have a blue ring octopus.

I don't think so.

Mine were both little tiny clowns when I first got them. It took no effort. They just went into a pre-existing anemone. You can DO-IT!

LOL, no way Rob. MINE! They're the best part of this entire build.

Haha, everyone has their own home in your reef. Plenty of space to stretch out. I'm just glad I got mine back where they seem the happiest. Thanks DC!

Hahaha, thanks Kate. See you guys soon!

I'm glad I stayed on it. It paid off!!!

😄😄😄

Its a custom made tank by Crystal Dynamics.

Yes, yes... a slip of the tongue lol.

Black and White ocellaras clowns. RIP.

Have you seen our new reef systems yet??

Aquatic Collection? LOL.

No. Just feel touch the jelly candy only.

I've held them and touched them before. They don't bother my skin, just feel sticky. On that note, I have seen them irritate the skin of others who have tried the same.

Hahaha... good one. Wish I thought of this during the vid! Thanks!

They typically go for about $120.00 around the Silicon Valley.

Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

That is pretty funny.

Thank you!

I'm horrible with retaining specific coral names.

Me too

That's awesome Robert!