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Usually within a week or so.
If the clown does not host within this time, chances are it never will.
Getting clowns to host with anemones is touch and go - you cannot force the relationship.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere is no real way of getting an anemone to host a clownfish.
It is a mutual symbiotic relationship - so both parties have to agree.
The anemone will usually agree to take on the clownfish instantly. If it doesn't happen within a week or so - chances are they will never host.
They clownfish may have to be shown or lead to the anemone. But there is no guarantee that the anemone will host the clownfish.
Certain species of clownfish only host with certain species of anemones (the list is in links)
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∙ 9y agowell there are many ways to do this... take the anemone and put it into a noodle strainer and take the clowns and put it in there with it (keep strainer at the surface of the water). after a couple hours they will get use to it but in doing this you will stress the fish and the anemone which could cause them to die. you could also just grab the clowns into your hand and push them into the anemone so the know that its safe and the anemone can be a place to live......... or just wait a couple months and they will find there way in to it. that is what i did and it took 4 months before they hosted it.
You may also want to double check what kind of anemone you have. Clown fish are pretty particular about the anemone they live in.
Also, Not all clown fish will always host an anemone. Its is a personal preference to the clown fish. I have seen clown fish host flowerpots more than anemones
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Are clownfish poisonous?
Clownfish are endangered,because people drop anchors on an anemone the same way we drop it on coral, Clownfish cannot survive without an anemone.
How do clownfish and help sea anemone?
What are all the ways that a anemone protect the clownfish
Immune to its host's poison what funny fish hides among the sea anemone's tentacles?
clownfish
Is the relationship between a anemone and a clown fish interdependent?
For protection, clownfish seek refuge amongst the tentacles of sea anemones. The tentacles contain harpoon-like stinging capsules called nematocysts that the anemones employ to capture prey and ward off predators. In a yet-to-be resolved biological mystery, clownfish have mucus on their skin that somehow protects them against the sting of their host anemone. As a result, the clownfish are able to stick near their host which is avoided by most other fish in the sea. 'The clownfish gets protection by hiding sting-free among the tentacles. If you remove the clownfish, large butterfly fishes will eat the anemone,' said John Randall, an ichthyologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Butterfly fish are predators of the sea anemone. In certain areas of the tropics where clownfish, sea anemone, and butterfly fish exist, clownfish scare off butterflyfish from their host anemone. Research has shown that if the clownfish are removed from the anemone, butterfly fish will move in and devour the anemone. So, the protection of the anemone afforded by the clownfish is part of the mutual relationship. In addition to scaring off predators, some scientists speculate that clownfish waste may serve as a nutrient for the anemones… There are more than 1,000 species of sea anemones found throughout the world's oceans. Only ten of these species share their niche with clownfish, which thrive in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Each individual host anemone is home to one group of clownfish, which contain a dominant breeding pair and up to four smaller, subordinate fish. There are 28 known species of clownfish, so more than one species of clownfish may take to any given species of anemone.
What is in a clownfish biome?
In the wild, clownfish live among sea anemone and usually like having one in captivity, too, but you can keep them without an anemone host. They usually live in anemones in reefs in the Indo or Indo-West Pacific.
What is a symbolic relationship in which one organism befits and the other is not effected?
parasitic relationship. the parasite benefits and the host suffers
What does an anemone do for a clownfish?
It will protect it
Clownfish and sea anemone are mutualism or commensalism?
It is mutualism because the anemone wards off the clown fish's predators due to their poisonous tentacles, but at the same time the clown fish wards off anemone-eating fish, also ensuring the anemone's survival.
What does a clowfish do for an anemone?
The Clownfish feeds on the small invertebrates in the anemone which might otherwise damage it. Also it's suggested that the faeces generated by the Clownfish acts as a fertilizer for the anemone.
How do clownfish eat?
Clownfish eat the leftovers from fish on the anemone and algae.
What do wild Ocellaris clown fish eat?
Wild ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) eat algae, planktonic organisms that float by its host anemone, and debris that clutter in the anemone. They are omnivores.
Where do clownfish sleep at night?
In their anemone
