Unexpected Symbiotic Relationships - Reef-Geeks

Grumpy Bass · $20,000 later....

Hey Geeks! Well as the old adage goes, you learn something new every day… at least on good days!

I have added a few new friends to my tank, a pair of Maroon & Gold Clown fish. To my surprise they have eachaken hosts in what appears to be a symbiotic relationships… one with a large Hairy Mushroom and the other with a large Plate coral. Below are a few pictures which I think are very cool.

Does this surprise anyone else or am I the only one who thought Clown fish only paired off with Anemone? I guess this means I won’t feel bad about not having an anemone hosts for the fish… as you probably remember you all cautioned me against it anyway!

Grumpy.

IanH · I peed in your back yard!!

Great pics, very nice. They are giving you that, can we get a BTA look.

Grumpy Bass · $20,000 later....

Sorry, but I'm not sure what "BTA" means or "they are giving you that"? Would you please help me with your response. Sorry I'm a newbie with the acrynoms.

Thanks!
Grumpy

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Originally Posted by IanH

Great pics, very nice. They are giving you that, can we get a BTA look.

Nick Marine · Reef-Geek

Hosting a fluffy morph is simply awsum too see

I hope the fluffy dont mind though lol

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

Very cool. Clowns will often host just about anything in an aquarium. I've had ones that hosted in a bubble coral. Chris&Barb I believe had some hosting in a clam. It seems they will usually take to anything with flowing tentacles they can hide in. Does make it much easier to make them happy.

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

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Originally Posted by IanH

Great pics, very nice. They are giving you that, can we get a BTA look.

BTA means Bubble Tip Anemone. But I'm equally confused about the rest......

ozzie · Reef-Geek

This is normal if you don't have an anemone they will try and host in another coral but be careful if they don't harass those corals to death. Just keep an eye out for those corals

ozzie · Reef-Geek

Dam spiny you beat me to it

Sneezy · Big-Geek

Looking good Grumpy, and yes what they said. You should enter the shroom pic in the photo contest.

billrob71 · Will work for CLAMS

Very cool

Thanks for posting

Reefdaddy · Geek Squad Jedi

Good pics for sure. nice job

Nick Marine · Reef-Geek

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Originally Posted by spinycheek

BTA means Bubble Tip Anemone. But I'm equally confused about the rest......

Can we get a BETTER look not BtA .. i think

thats what happens when you get fish in the head

IanH · I peed in your back yard!!

lol lol I mean the fish are trying to say "Can you get us an anemone". BTA=bubble tip anemone

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

Oh! It makes sense, I'm just a little slow.

blacjack · Big-Geek

They may not take to a BTA now though. As long as the coral's aren't stressed, they'll be fine. It's a neat thing to see though.

kyriakos · Reef-Geek

I hate when they do this in my corals . My maroon host my large euphyllia and he is cutting off her polyps.

blacjack · Big-Geek

That's the biggest problem with clown fish.

luke33 · Reef-Geek

Idono, i thought the biggest problem with clowns is the maroons are so dang mean! Those guys are super mean, the longer they host and larger they get the meaner they become. I had to get rid of my maroon as it started to attack any fish in half the tank, and me too.

But yes they will host in about anything. My perk pair have been hosting in my frogspawn for yrs now. They sleep in it, hang out, never leave it. When they feed its one at a time while the other one stays in the frogspawn. They will carry food over to it as well. When i had a maroon it would grab my fish and try and pull them into the BTA, it was a mean fish.

kyriakos · Reef-Geek

yes mines when ever i try to catch something near him with the tong he attacks . one time i place a little coral next to him and he just push the coral.But cant remove him cause that was my first fish i bought almost 3 years ago and my son loves that fish.

luke33 · Reef-Geek

They are the best looking clowns imo. There colors are awesome, its just the boogers aggression as to why i don't have any more. Darn thing could draw blood once it got big enough, and that didn't sit ok with me. Then again it was better than that 2barred rabbit that tried to stick me every time i had my arm in the tank. I must just have bad luck or something.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by Grumpy Bass 11-15-2009, 08:54 PM	$20,000 later....
Unexpected Symbiotic Relationships Hey Geeks! Well as the old adage goes, you learn something new every day… at least on good days! I have added a few new friends to my tank, a pair of Maroon & Gold Clown fish. To my surprise they have eachaken hosts in what appears to be a symbiotic relationships… one with a large Hairy Mushroom and the other with a large Plate coral. Below are a few pictures which I think are very cool. Does this surprise anyone else or am I the only one who thought Clown fish only paired off with Anemone? I guess this means I won’t feel bad about not having an anemone hosts for the fish… as you probably remember you all cautioned me against it anyway! Grumpy.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 274 Gameroom cash: $111287 Rep Power: 25
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by billrob71 11-15-2009, 10:53 PM	Will work for CLAMS
Very cool Thanks for posting __________________ Why is the rum always gone	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 6,413 Gameroom cash: $1737675 Rep Power: 94
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by Reefdaddy 11-15-2009, 10:57 PM	Geek Squad Jedi
Good pics for sure. nice job __________________ "A man in a rush takes shortcuts, and I won't shortcut the Music" Eddie Wilson 1963 Jedi Tank Build	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 911 Gameroom cash: $60438 Rep Power: 18
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[16 (permalink)] Posted by kyriakos 11-16-2009, 01:53 AM	Reef-Geek
I hate when they do this in my corals . My maroon host my large euphyllia and he is cutting off her polyps. __________________ Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.	Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CYPRUS-NICOSIA Posts: 704 Gameroom cash: $136285 Rep Power: 16
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[18 (permalink)] Posted by luke33 11-16-2009, 09:53 AM	Reef-Geek
Idono, i thought the biggest problem with clowns is the maroons are so dang mean! Those guys are super mean, the longer they host and larger they get the meaner they become. I had to get rid of my maroon as it started to attack any fish in half the tank, and me too. But yes they will host in about anything. My perk pair have been hosting in my frogspawn for yrs now. They sleep in it, hang out, never leave it. When they feed its one at a time while the other one stays in the frogspawn. They will carry food over to it as well. When i had a maroon it would grab my fish and try and pull them into the BTA, it was a mean fish. __________________ 125g reef, 9500gph flow, SWC160 Cone, 30scfh, 30w and extra large collection cup : ) 3x150w led fixture's as strong as 400w mh's!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 234 Gameroom cash: $115160 Rep Power: 13
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by IanH 11-15-2009, 09:16 PM	I peed in your back yard!!
Great pics, very nice. They are giving you that, can we get a BTA look.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,395 Gameroom cash: $362758 Rep Power: 100
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by Nick Marine 11-15-2009, 09:47 PM	Reef-Geek
Hosting a fluffy morph is simply awsum too see I hope the fluffy dont mind though lol	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 614 Gameroom cash: $1159160 Rep Power: 18
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 11-15-2009, 10:32 PM	Insert Custom Title Here
Very cool. Clowns will often host just about anything in an aquarium. I've had ones that hosted in a bubble coral. Chris&Barb I believe had some hosting in a clam. It seems they will usually take to anything with flowing tentacles they can hide in. Does make it much easier to make them happy.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 4,277 Gameroom cash: $1307222 Rep Power: 82
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by ozzie 11-15-2009, 10:34 PM	Reef-Geek
This is normal if you don't have an anemone they will try and host in another coral but be careful if they don't harass those corals to death. Just keep an eye out for those corals	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 733 Gameroom cash: $12283610 Rep Power: 15
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by ozzie 11-15-2009, 10:36 PM	Reef-Geek
Dam spiny you beat me to it	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 733 Gameroom cash: $12283610 Rep Power: 15
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 11-15-2009, 10:45 PM	Big-Geek
Looking good Grumpy, and yes what they said. You should enter the shroom pic in the photo contest.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[13 (permalink)] Posted by IanH 11-15-2009, 11:27 PM	I peed in your back yard!!
lol lol I mean the fish are trying to say "Can you get us an anemone". BTA=bubble tip anemone	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,395 Gameroom cash: $362758 Rep Power: 100
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[14 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 11-15-2009, 11:49 PM	Insert Custom Title Here
Oh! It makes sense, I'm just a little slow.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 4,277 Gameroom cash: $1307222 Rep Power: 82
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[15 (permalink)] Posted by blacjack 11-16-2009, 01:28 AM	Big-Geek
They may not take to a BTA now though. As long as the coral's aren't stressed, they'll be fine. It's a neat thing to see though.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,053 Gameroom cash: $289004 Rep Power: 30
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[17 (permalink)] Posted by blacjack 11-16-2009, 03:22 AM	Big-Geek
That's the biggest problem with clown fish.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,053 Gameroom cash: $289004 Rep Power: 30
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[19 (permalink)] Posted by kyriakos 11-16-2009, 10:10 AM	Reef-Geek
yes mines when ever i try to catch something near him with the tong he attacks . one time i place a little coral next to him and he just push the coral.But cant remove him cause that was my first fish i bought almost 3 years ago and my son loves that fish. __________________ Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.	Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CYPRUS-NICOSIA Posts: 704 Gameroom cash: $136285 Rep Power: 16
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[20 (permalink)] Posted by luke33 11-16-2009, 10:18 AM	Reef-Geek
They are the best looking clowns imo. There colors are awesome, its just the boogers aggression as to why i don't have any more. Darn thing could draw blood once it got big enough, and that didn't sit ok with me. Then again it was better than that 2barred rabbit that tried to stick me every time i had my arm in the tank. I must just have bad luck or something. __________________ 125g reef, 9500gph flow, SWC160 Cone, 30scfh, 30w and extra large collection cup : ) 3x150w led fixture's as strong as 400w mh's!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 234 Gameroom cash: $115160 Rep Power: 13
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