Maroon Clowns not hosting BTA??

Looks like a bleached condy or a haitian anemone to me...both of those aren't really normally a host for clowns...but I have seen one or two that have been.

Also, clowns don't always host things. or sometimes they just host something else. Or it will take them time to do it and then boom they just host in something one day. Clowns are fickle like that.

 

That looks like a dieing? sebae anemone to me. But definitely not a BTA, which is why the maroon isnt hosting.

 

After getting more of the story I don't think it's dying at all, it's only been in the tank for two days, I think it just needs some time to get more comfortable

 

What kind of lights was it in before you got it? If it's opening up more with just the actinics, maybe it just needs time to adjust to your lighting? Maybe the clowns just need some time to get used to the new thing in the tank........ where are they now in your tank? They usually pick an area or some type or coral to hang out at/defend. My old maroon "hosted" a zoa colony for lack of an anemone. I had a pair of perculas that "hosted" a rock covered in blue mushrooms....... you just never know what they'll pick /site/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0">  I think it looks like a condy to me too.
Also, what is the anemone next to?  May not like it's neighbors........

 

Just please keep in mind that if the anemones aren't hosting in the anemone, switching the anemone out for a new one isnt going to fix or speed up anything, it can take months before clowns settle into an anemone reguardless of the type, they'll host in it if you give them time to get use to it.

 

Its definately a Sebae Anemone. It is also a bit bleached as most Sebae's are after shipping stress. It will get a darker tan/green when it gets healthy. Every compatibility chart that ive read state that Maroon Clowns are not natural hosts for Sebae Anemone's.

 

my maroons started hosting within hours of puting anemones in.  I never tried a sebae though.  they hosted a couple of anemones that I put in the aquarium all of them right away 

thats defonately not a BTA

 

My maroon started hosted my BTA a day after he was added to the tank. On the other hand, the pair of ocellaris clownfish refused to go near my BTA for a year and ended up hosting a frogspawn and then a goniopora.

I'm unsure if many people have had a marroon host a sebae. You can always post in the clown forums on RC and see what they say.

I bet if you put an E. quadricolor anemone in the tank, your clown will take to it posthaste.

BTW in the pic you posted, the foot of the anemone does not look like it is attached to the rock. Has it attached itself to the rock yet? My BTA bleached due to heat in the summer and I fed it cut up silverside pieces to keep it going strong until it recovered. You might want to see if you can get it to eat something.
Chris

 

I never had an anemone but my clowns were always in my big toadstool leather. It would actually kind of wrap them up inside it. Kind of neat to see.

 

Jackpot. That's great! I've always liked the look of the sebaes.

 

Congrats!! I think a clownfish burried in an Anemone looks awesome!