what besides anenomes do clowns host

I want to get a coral or something for my tank for my clowns to host.  as of right now they like to just hang out in the corner because I don't have anything for them, and the larger one is starting to chill in my digitata.

I was thinking about getting an anenome but because you can't trim them down as they grow I'm afraid it will overgrow my tank and I'd have to take it out and sell it.

SO I was wondering what else can clowns host in that I can cut down as it grows?

I've heard of xenia, and some fuzzy mushrooms from faviasteve.  anybody have any other ideas?  I want something interesting.

thanks,
brady

I think it really depends on the clowns..., I have two true percs that I kept buying stuff for every week trying to get them to host..., then I got a condy and then found out its not very normal for them to host in it..., so I gave up..., then in a couple months they started hosting in it...., then I got two tomatos for my other tank that just had xenia and a fuzzy mushroom in it and right away they took to both...

i have a percula,  and a clown gobie, they both host in my plate coral... (its a very big plate coral) and love it to death!

One thing to note about tank raisied clowns, They do not always accept hosts. I have a  tank raised  perc that would never host in any anemone that I bought. I then bought  two wild percs that where hosting at the fish store. they took to my anemone and I also saw the tank raised try it out a few times. But to this day she prefers to not host in the anemone.

One trick I have heard of to see if your clown will attempt to host is to get an empty petri dish and silicone some cut rubberbands to it and see if the fish is interested. Never tried this, but I plan on adding it to a fry tank with intentions on breeding anemone aware tank raisied clowns.

Also, a downside to hosting in corals is that it can cause stress to the coral and it may or may not survive. I learned this the hard way with a goniopora.

Jeff

jeffras wrote: One trick I have heard of to see if your clown will attempt to host is to get an empty petri dish and silicone some cut rubberbands to it and see if the fish is interested.

Wow, that sounds like a lot of work.

my gold bar maroon loves green star polyps.  He sits in a massive clump all day long

 

My anemone fish (for Adam) love their xenia.  My small tank is to small for an anemone so they hang out day and night in the vast field of xenia that grows so well there.  If you need some xenia I have plenty but it isn't anything unusual.