fewskillz Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 My condylactis gigantea and a TR Clarkii I got from deathco. For some reason he was hanging out under the anemone instead of in it when I had the camera out, so this is the best I've got for now. He loves his anemone and feeds it everyday. They're fun to watch. Just thought I'd share. Link to comment
travisurfer Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 nice pair. the condy is looking really healthy. is it just under that 65w still? Link to comment
fewskillz Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 yep, 65w 50/50 coralife bulb, he's only about 3" below the surface, so probably 7 or 8" from the light. I'll try to get some better pictures of them when the clown is actually in the anemone. Link to comment
Mrseptember15 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Will you take a video of it feeding it? Link to comment
fewskillz Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 I'll try to. The clown just swims up, grabs whatever food it is I'm feeding, grabs some, swims back down and shoves it into the anemone, then turns around and grabs some for himself. It's pretty neat. Link to comment
Clownfishcrazy1117 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Very cool that anemone looks healthy. Link to comment
Maco Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Cool but i thought clowns diden't host a codny. -Mac Link to comment
fewskillz Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 They don't, usually. I'd had the anemone for awhile and walked into Petco one day and saw this clown sitting right in the middle of a condy anemone. He was only $15 so I brought him home and he dove right into my anemone. They've lived happily ever after since then. Link to comment
Koral krazy (reefer 365) Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I think a lot of tank-bred clownfish don't always host with their respective anemone in nature. I mean, one in the show tank at my LFS sits in a plastic one! try to get a video of them feeding. Link to comment
spitfire Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 mine is doing the same thing. sorry for the crappy pic, my condy is way up inside my cave. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 My maroon does the same. Ignore the crusty background. Let it get that way before adding the star (will probably clean it soon, as he doesn't spend that much time back there). Link to comment
Clownfishcrazy1117 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 How come your anemone looks so bleached? Did you get it recently? Link to comment
travisurfer Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 thats just the way some condylactis nems are. to my knowledge there are varying C. sp. that are somewhat lightly colored and then C gigantea the white w/red base variety. Not the greatest explanation but you get the point Link to comment
clifford513 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 It's not really bleached. I have had it since last September. Hasn't move much at all, actually on the rock it came in on. It is under 175w mh. It has colored up some, it seems. I will post a new pic in a few minutes. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 These were taken just a few minutes ago. W/o flash: With flash (notice maroon under the tentacles): Looks like it might have colored up some, you think? Pic from 12/30/06. Edit: Pics taken on same setting with same camera. Wow, I didn't realized how much it had changed in the last couple of months. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 that anemone isn't very bleached, yes it's white, but in my experience a bleached condy is more clear than white. Mine was almost see-through when I got it. I wanted to see if I could bring it back, because I figured if I could bring a condy back from that bad that I would have to problems keeping a healthy specimen of a BTA. Link to comment
spitfire Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 movie This is a movie taken with my digital camera With my condy and anemone Link to comment
Clownfishcrazy1117 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 These were taken just a few minutes ago.W/o flash: With flash (notice maroon under the tentacles): Looks like it might have colored up some, you think? Pic from 12/30/06. Edit: Pics taken on same setting with same camera. Wow, I didn't realized how much it had changed in the last couple of months. Much better. And I didn't mean to imply it was bleached. I just asked why it looked like that. Sorry about the confusion. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Much better. And I didn't mean to imply it was bleached. I just asked why it looked like that. Sorry about the confusion. No need to apologize I have had it so long that I didn't even notice the gradual increase in coloration. It went so long without changing. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 nice video spitfire. I'll try to get one of mine this weekend. Link to comment
Tentacles Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 you should put up a pic of that clown/nem pair on the clownfish guide fewskillz Im just sort of getting a picture of every clown i had listed but i want them all to be someones photos on here, not some google image. clifford you too, im putting my maroon pair up but they are small and yours is bigger, god to see how they mature otherwise nice looking clowns and nems guys! Link to comment
CGNano Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Apparently Clowns host C. Gigantea a lot more commonly than I thought. Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I think a lot of tank-bred clownfish don't always host with their respective anemone in nature. I mean, one in the show tank at my LFS sits in a plastic one!try to get a video of them feeding. there is no clown that hosts condies in nature, as condylactus are atlantic anemones and there are no clowns in the atlantic. most clownfish will attempt to host a condy, but most of the time condies aren't receptive and will either a)eat a smaller clown, particularly oscellaris and perculas, or get beat to death by a large, aggressively hosting clown such as a clarkii or a maroon that can withstand the stings. but sometimes you get lucky and the anemone doesn't mind Link to comment
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