Carptet Anenome hosting designer clowns.

[dan30097]

Hello,

Yesterday I picked up a green carpet anenome. It's been moving around and it seems like it wants to be completely under a cave as of this moment. If it decides to stay under the cave it won't get the proper nutrients with direct lighting. Would I need to supplement it with more direct feeding? I feed my fish corals 3 X a day and follow it with a cyclopeez freez bar. I wonder if that is enough.

Another thing, I have a pair of designer clowns. Will the anenome host them? If not, is it okay to buy another clown that will? If so, will this disrupt the peaceful behavior between my designer clowns?
Does anyone have small size saddle back, tomato clowns, maroon clowns?

Thanks.

 

[tgriffin]

Carpet anenomes can be pretty aggressive. I had a blue carpet that would eat anything that touched it other than the clowns. I had tomato clowns

 

[jamescook]

most designers (percula) are pretty wimpy. i wouldn't add another clown. I do think they host carpets

 

[frantz]

I'm currently dealing with a clark clown that got forced into a 120 with two false percs and its not going well. I wouldn't suggest adding a different species of clown.

 

[jeffmuse]

If the clowns are some variant of a Ocellaris or Percula they will do fine with a carpet anemone. In the wild, this is actually their preferred anemone to host to.

As for where the anemone has moved to, don't worry too much about its placement for the first couple of weeks. It takes a little while to find a spot that it likes, and when it does, it'll stop moving. One tip: While an anemone does not have a "brain" it will settle on a spot where all of its needs are met (food, light, flow). If the anemone moves to a spot that you want it to be in, I would go ahead and feed it heavily... the nem will often associate this spot as a "good feeding area" and often stop moving. I have done this in the past with bubble tips, to get them to stay where I want them.