The best anemone/coral for percula clowns

[shale]

My 55 gallon tank is about 5 months old(but I used the turbo starter), and my clown fish is percula. Any recommended anemones/corals for my clown fish to host? I am grateful for all advices.

 

[dedragon]

I wouldnt recommend an anemone just yet, but leathers are pretty good alternatives in the meantime. I like the very long polyp ones as they grow slower for me
If you havent you should get some rock or biomedia from a trusted reef keeper (around 1 pound) and spread that out in your tank. That plus feeding the bacteria (pns yellow sno or tropic marin reef snow,etc) in you tank will help it mature faster. You could also ask a really nice looking LFS if you can have a piece of biomedia out of the sump of their display tank. Display tanks are usually separated and much stricter qt protocols especially in a really nice store

 

[NonstopSoda]

5 months is a little too early for an anemone, they require more stable and mature tanks, Percula clowns or most clowns in general can and will host anything so theres no guarantee for them to host. The most popular things that ive seen people say they host is Toadstools, Gonis, Duncans, Elegance, and sometimes hammers and frogspawn (my clown is currently hosting the back corner of my tank)

 

[NonstopSoda]

5 months is a little too early for an anemone, they require more stable and mature tanks, Percula clowns or most clowns in general can and will host anything so theres no guarantee for them to host. The most popular things that ive seen people say they host is Toadstools, Gonis, Duncans, Elegance, and sometimes hammers and frogspawn (my clown is currently hosting the back corner of my tank)

When your tank is ready for a nem, Bubbletips are the standard for hardy/easier nems plus clowns seem to like them a lot.

 

[shale]

Thanks for all your replies…then when should I put them exactly? Are long tip corals a better bet?

 

[AlyciaMarie]

My Percula clowns loved my toadstool.