tomato clown and carpet

wakeboardgeek · 11/06/2009, 12:34 PM

i know tomato clowns and carpet nems aren't natural hosts but don't want to risk a nem to sting my coral (towards the top of the tank) and love how clowns look with their anemone. Anyone have tomato clowns host carpet anemones? Thanks.

ocellaris123 · 11/07/2009, 12:48 AM

I would try a LTA instead of a carpet. I have seen plenty of tomatoes host LTA's, plus they stay on your sandbed, but thats not to say a tomato wouldnt host a carpet.

fooseball08 · 11/07/2009, 03:10 AM

i have never seen a tomatoe in a carpet before but i am confused... are you under the impression that a carpet nem wont sting your corals, because it will... mine keeps my orange monti cap from growing any closer, and toasted half of my birdsnest colony when it fell into it

BloatedSwimBladder · 11/07/2009, 07:26 AM

+1 on the LTA. They stay on the sandbed like a carpet but are a natural host for the tomato. I have a tomato that I have had for two years. I recently added an LTA and he took right to it

clowns101 · 11/07/2009, 11:39 AM

Go get one!U wont regret it!

mayjong · 11/12/2009, 05:21 PM

i have just that combo...
works for me...

ocellaris123 · 11/13/2009, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BloatedSwimBladder

+1 on the LTA. They stay on the sandbed like a carpet but are a natural host for the tomato. I have a tomato that I have had for two years. I recently added an LTA and he took right to it

BTA are the only natural host for A. frenatus

elegance coral · 11/13/2009, 08:52 AM

[QUOTE=BloatedSwimBladder;15983299but are a natural host for the tomato.

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I'm not going to say that you're wrong, because there was a time when we didn't think that saddle backs lived in LTA's. Now we know that they do. If you have a link showing that LTA's are the natural host of Tomato clowns, I'd like to read it. Thanks.

11/06/2009, 12:34 PM	#1
wakeboardgeek Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 53	tomato clown and carpet i know tomato clowns and carpet nems aren't natural hosts but don't want to risk a nem to sting my coral (towards the top of the tank) and love how clowns look with their anemone. Anyone have tomato clowns host carpet anemones? Thanks.

11/07/2009, 12:48 AM	#2
ocellaris123 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 459	I would try a LTA instead of a carpet. I have seen plenty of tomatoes host LTA's, plus they stay on your sandbed, but thats not to say a tomato wouldnt host a carpet. __________________ "There are ways around the license problem sir. For example: Put a sail on your car and call it a boat."----Dale Gribble

11/07/2009, 11:39 AM	#5
clowns101 Clowns Crazy!!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,048	Go get one!U wont regret it! __________________ clowns.101@hotmail.com is my email Thanks, Austin/clowns101 Current Tank Info: 3 tanks 30,10,8 and working on a 300 to 400 gallon clownfish breeding system and a anemone propagation system of about 100 gallons!

11/07/2009, 03:10 AM	#3
fooseball08 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 54	i have never seen a tomatoe in a carpet before but i am confused... are you under the impression that a carpet nem wont sting your corals, because it will... mine keeps my orange monti cap from growing any closer, and toasted half of my birdsnest colony when it fell into it

11/07/2009, 07:26 AM	#4
BloatedSwimBladder Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 113	+1 on the LTA. They stay on the sandbed like a carpet but are a natural host for the tomato. I have a tomato that I have had for two years. I recently added an LTA and he took right to it

11/13/2009, 08:52 AM	#8
elegance coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: central Florida Posts: 2,836	[QUOTE=BloatedSwimBladder;15983299but are a natural host for the tomato. [/QUOTE] I'm not going to say that you're wrong, because there was a time when we didn't think that saddle backs lived in LTA's. Now we know that they do. If you have a link showing that LTA's are the natural host of Tomato clowns, I'd like to read it. Thanks.