Planeden Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 he probably communicated to you on a level you weren't aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Time to get the clowns in the anemone. I taped a picture of some clowns in a rose anemone to the side of the tank this morning. Let's see if they get the message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 i heard of people doing this over the weekend. it sounds funny, but i heard it worked. i may try it with my fake coral thing i bought for mine because it is pretty ugly. if they are not going to sleep in it i'm taking it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Yeah, this is the first time trying it myself. In the past, the clowns I have had almost instantly went into an anemone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 The picture might have worked... the anemone went into hiding, and it seems the clownfish were looking for where it went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 So this morning, anemone was coming back out, and one of the clownfish was swimming by the picture ... doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 A few quick phone pictures: Took down the picture of the clowns in the anemone ... partly because one of the clowns this morning looked like he was about to try hosting in the real anemone, and partly because the other clown kept hanging around by the picture :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Symbiosis in action... the porcelain crab found the anemone today and decided to hang out there. Was hoping the cowns would have hosted first, but all in due time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Symbiosis in action... the porcelain crab found the anemone today and decided to hang out there. Was hoping the cowns would have hosted first, but all in due time. IMG_7414.JPG My clowns sat in a tank with two nems for a couple months. Then I added 9 more nems in one day and they started hosting within 2 days. I had a crab that was in the nems within the hour of the tank having the original 2. The crab now tried to push the clowns out of his nem, its rather funny to see but now all three will host in the same nem or they will all spread out depending on their mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Things doing well. The only thing to report is that one of the clown gobies has disappeared. If it died, probably got cleaned up pretty quickly. Algae on the glass is reducing a lot. Still loving the anemone shrimp, even though he just hangs around the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Your tank is looking really great! I like the livestock you've added so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Your tank is looking really great! I like the livestock you've added so far. Thanks Kim. I am remembering now the niceness of small tanks... being able to see the small critters much easier. The anemone shrimp is really cool to watch just walking around the rock work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 ah, the rare arguement FOR a small tank. hope your little goby shows up. just thought of it, when i was at RCA they said the little clown goby was not a prawn goby. is he symbiotic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 ah, the rare arguement FOR a small tank. hope your little goby shows up. just thought of it, when i was at RCA they said the little clown goby was not a prawn goby. is he symbiotic? The clown gobies were added to the tank because my wife likes them (my damsels are too mean to have them in the big tank). So technically they break my symbiosis theme a bit. Though they do like hanging around in corals. In my previous 24g tank, I had one that would swim inside a long tentacle plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 well, you better get a picture of a clown goby in a coral and train him. otherwise you have to change the name of the tank to the semi-symbiotic tank. unless you want to try to make the argument that he drops detritus into the sand for the worms that use it for food and clean the water for the fish. but, if that's the case then your symbiotic tank wouldn't be that original since most of us have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 well, you better get a picture of a clown goby in a coral and train him. otherwise you have to change the name of the tank to the semi-symbiotic tank. unless you want to try to make the argument that he drops detritus into the sand for the worms that use it for food and clean the water for the fish. but, if that's the case then your symbiotic tank wouldn't be that original since most of us have that. Tough crowd! I will have to tell the clown goby to start getting symbiotic right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 A quick video I took of the tank. Mostly of the anemone shrimp, but the clowns and anemone make an appearance. No sound, as I edited out the kids and dogs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIV8Z2A87E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 I haven't updated much on this tank, as well, not much has changed. The porcelain crab continues to dominate the anemone, the clowns just swim around, and the anemone shrimp still is cool. Of note, my tiger pistol shrimp seems bent on moving all of the sand from the left to right side of the tank And catching glimpses of him, I swear he has already tripled in size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Picture time... I will warn you, they aren't that great. I was holding the camera and was rushing things a bit. Of course the anemone decided it was a good time to close up. Green zoas are looking good: New zoas I got today from RCA: Birdsnest frag, also new from RCA: My anemone shrimp .. have seen him on the anemone a few times, though the porcelain crab dominates it. My frag I made of the palys I had gotten from Fish Gallery: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 More pictures. Mr. Clown Goby just hanging around: Posing clownfish: My watchman came out looking for food: Then he struck a pose: Clown pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Great pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Blue spot watchman? Nice pics james! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Blue spot watchman? Nice pics james! Yep. He isn't too shy now when he is hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Yes! Yes! Yes! I came home to this glorious site this evening... my clowns are finally trying to host in the anemone! (The clomping in the background is not a wild horse running through the house, but our 1.5 year old ... almost the same thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 What do u think did the trick? I've had a pair for months that don't host anything. Maybe I'll tRy the pic route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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