Anemones, Clownfishes

[EmilyB]

:D I love these guys. I've kept several species of clownfish, and several types of anemones and would love to see some discussions in this forum.

[EmilyB]

Okay.

I'll start.:P

I think I have owned the demons of the clownfish world. And I've yet to keep a maroon, (I just bought one recently for a FOWLR/BTA's, but sadly, it did not ever eat, and died, it was a very interesting color morph)

My first clowns were huge tomato clowns. They harrassed my triggers so bad (small triggers) I had to trade them in.

Next I went through clarkii clowns ( again a big huge wild-caught pair). The reef looked like a chase scene all day.

Next, saddleback clownfish the size of small trout..again bad choice.

These fish were quickly snapped up by local people looking for breeding clown pairs for the most part, thankfully.

I took a brief sojourn with some pink skunks, but the lure of a pair of black percs soon made me move them out too.

Bad mistake. The percs dragged both my fireshrimp into the anemone, I didn't know why the first one ended up there, the second time I saw them do it, but was unable to save it (these were the "black perc" which is actually a saddleback variant).

No problem finding a home for those guys, beautiful fish.

I now have a delightful pair of ocellaris clowns. I'm still looking for that big white stripe maroon however...
:D

[jb1974]

I have recently acquired a rose bubble tip anemone. She's a real beauty and I hope she clones herself many many times and dominates 1/4 of my new 360 :) I don't have the Fautin (sp?) book on clownfish and their host symbionts, so if anyone knows what clowns naturally reside in E. quadricolor could ya let me know? TIA :)

[EmilyB]

Fautin's info is back on line again at:

http://biodiversity.uno.edu/ebooks/intro.html
:)

Wilkerson lists all the same fish, but adds:
" In captivity (but not in nature) it also hosts:
A.ocellaris" (which in my case was true.)

[canadawest]

I can vouch for Wilkerson's research as well, as my pair of A. Ocellaris have also taken up home in my two E. Quads (split pair).

Took them about three weeks before they even went near it, now they are inseparable.