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Clownfish are found in warm waters, such as the Red Sea and Pacific Oceans, in sheltered reefs or lagoons, living in anemone.
What coral is best for clownfish?
5 Best Coral For Clownfish Duncan Corals. Displaying vibrant colors such as pink, white, and cream with a white skeleton, Duncan Corals can add beauty to your tank. Hammer Corals. Hammer Corals Often referred to as Euphyllia Hammer Coral or Anchor Coral. Torch Corals. Toadstool Coral. Zoanthids Corals.
Will a clownfish host a torch coral?
Torch corals will host clownfish, but the clownfish are also likely to kill it with their “nuzzling”. The coral will also never fully expand once clownfish start interacting with it.
Do you need coral for clownfish?
It should be understood that clownfish in an aquarium do not need an anemone to survive. An alternative to anemones for many hobbyists include: the Mushroom Leather Coral, Hairy Mushroom Coral, or Elegance Coral. These corals will often provide a suitable host for the clownfish and are often much hardier than anemones.
What will clown fish host in?
In their natural environment ocellaris clownfish will host in Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Giant Carpet Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla gigantean) and Merten’s Carpet Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii). Clownfish do not require host anemones to survive or thrive.
Will a clownfish host a Duncan coral?
Even if you do get a proper host anemone they will likely stay with the duncan coral. Some people have host anemones, frog spawn, duncans ect and their clowns host the power head, or the corner of the tank.
What kind of anemone do maroon clownfish like?
For Maroon Clownfish we recommend the popular and hardy Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor).
Can clown fish host Hammer coral?
Hammer coral is a great place for your clownfish to call home. With their T-shaped tips and puffy tube-like tentacles, these are sometimes referred to as Euphyllia Hammer Coral or Anchor Coral. They can even appear like mushrooms.
Does torch coral sting fish?
They have nematocysts like anemones and can even sting anemonefish, so they should definitely be capable of stinging other fish.
How big do torch corals get?
Each torch coral polyp can measure up to 10 inches across with another 10 inches in tentacle. Transparent sweeper tentacles may be even longer than normal tentacles as they extend their reach for optimal feeding and territory defense.
What’s the easiest coral to keep?
Likely the easiest to care for coral is mushrooms. In most cases, they are really inexpensive and come in a huge variety of colors. Our only suggested caution with these is they can grow to plague proportions.
Can clownfish live in tropical tank?
Can I add a clown fish to the tank? No, you cannot. Clown fish are salt water fish and the rest you have named are all tropical/freshwater fish. You cannot mix the two.
What will clownfish host besides anemone?
Clowns will host all kinds of things, torches, frog spawn, duncans , hammer corals.
Can you have coral and anemone?
Yes you can keep an anemone in coral tank, but the risk is still the same as it was 15 years ago. If you have much coveted zoanthids or sps then you might not want to take that risk.
How long does it take clownfish to host anemone?
My pair of true percs took 2+ years to host. Same RBTA I introduced from the beginning. Wanted to try a diff anemone, but was too scared of ripping the foot since it was attached to a rock. Generally the anemone will attach within the hour.
Can clownfish live without anemone?
In a home aquarium, clownfish do not need anemones and it is probably best if you don’t even try to keep them with an anemone. Clownfishes generally take to aquarium life like a fish takes to water, most species of anemone do quite poorly (and mostly die) in aquarium conditions.
What can I feed Duncan corals?
Duncans will eat just about anything that any other LPS coral might eat. That includes meaty foods like Mysis shrimp and Brine shrimp.
Will clownfish host pink tip anemone?
New Member. Everyone is calling it a bubble tip, but for $9 its more likely a pink tip condylactis anemone. These are not clownfish hosts and will most likely eat your clowns.
Can I keep two maroon clownfish together?
Maroon clownfish do not tolerate other species of clownfish. If you try to put them together in a tank, the maroon will most likely kill the other fish. When trying to pair a maroon with a mate, there needs to be an obvious size difference.
What kind of clownfish is Nemo?
The clownfish featured in ‘Finding Nemo’ are Percula clownfish or ‘Amphiprion percula’. There are 30 different species of clownfish, we keep three different kinds including the percula. Percula clownfish are found in the Western pacific – Queensland and Melanesia.
How do you take care of Hammer coral?
The hammer coral is a moderately challenging species to care for. The large and delicate polyps, the need for stable water parameters, moderate water flow, regular feedings, and the need to test for and maintain calcium levels above 400ppm puts these great corals in the category of moderate care level.
What kills hammer corals?
Valuable Member. Yes, torches can kill hammers. They should be kept farther away from any other corals.
Are hammer corals toxic?
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Are torch corals toxic?
LUCK!!! Lps cOrals have nematocysts like jellyfish, small harpoonlike barb-cells on tentacle-tips that inject mild toxins into nuisanceful neighbors. SOme people grow very, very allergic to this: it’s way too bad that you got stung on an open woundit makes sensitization more likely.
