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10-29-2007, 05:24 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
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|  Is it me or do Clown Fish Have OCD.
HI,
Well I know mine are using feather dusters for anemones, one hugs a sponge,The bigest clarki will not share his LTA, so the rest are making do with soft corals and even prettending that sand is a anemone.
Geeze they can't control that urge .
One of my larger CLarki is in love with a angel...
Maybe its the food..
Doug
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2 MARRONS,2 SERPANT STAR,1 RANDALL PISTOL,NUMEROUS HERMITS,2 SKUNKS,
4 PEPERMINT,1 ANAEMONE, SEVERAL SOFT CORALS, 2 ADULT W/C SEA HORSES,8 CHROMIS.
1 B 1 LM BLEEMY,1 WATCHMAN,1 TRUE PERCULA, 2 TANGs, 1 gold angel 1 ROYAL BEAUTY. 1 20 GAL SUMP WITH 1skimmer, 1 fluidized sand filter,
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10-29-2007, 05:32 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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I dunno but I'm about fed up with my damn clown. He doesn't even have an anemone but he acts like he owns the place and freaking attacks me whenever my hand goes in the tank!! I've NEVER had a clown be so damn aggressive! It's not like he's a maroon or anything (known for being more temperamental), he's just a little Ocellaris.
I think I'll be getting rid of him when I can. It doesn't hurt when he goes after me but it freaking scares me every time. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, 2 Rose BTAs  | 
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10-29-2007, 07:59 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
Posts: 1,258
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mine hosts in just about anything.funny fish.i have a maroon and a clarkii that seem to be mating.clowns seem to be real creatures of habbit lol.
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10-29-2007, 08:09 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Punch him in the nose and he'll start to respect you!! It works with sharks!! _________ 125gal Reef/Fish,40gal sump,Reefmania calcium reactor,MH,UVH,Moon,Aquazone plus 100,Auto Topoff,CoraLife 125 skimmer,GHL Profilux computer & special effects lighting.
Fish:Coral Beauty,Yellow Wrasse,African Clown Wrasse,BiColor Anglefish,Banded Goby,Psycodelic Mandarin Goby,Spotfin Angelfish
Inverts:Long-spinned Urchin,Crowned Urchin,Feather Dusters,Fire shrimp,Banded Shrimp,Brittle Star,snails
Corals:Cup,Frogspawn,Pink Open Brain,Yellow Dot
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10-29-2007, 09:06 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Back to original question, do clowns have OCD?
No question my percs have it. Will find one spot in tank...other then anemone and just wiggle like it is sitting in one. Female (like most) - will stay in one place and admire reflection in glass for hours. 
Wish my maroon would attack my hand when in tank when I am expecting it. She, for a while now, will leap out of water to bite me, causing all kinds of minor mayhem in my surprise. dropping things, hitting head on canopy door, leaving fish food and water spread all over floor in front of tank.    _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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10-30-2007, 12:08 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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quit eatting sushi before playing in the tank lol. | |
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10-30-2007, 12:24 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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Originally Posted by ziggy222  quit eatting sushi before playing in the tank lol. | 
my BCS attacks me when i stick my hand in the tank , quite a pinch too:mad: _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-30-2007, 04:57 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by ziggy222 mine hosts in just about anything.funny fish.i have a maroon and a clarkii that seem to be mating.clowns seem to be real creatures of habbit lol. | Clowns can crossbreed, thats how they get new kinds of clowns. _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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11-02-2007, 08:21 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ft. Bliss, TX
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I once stated that clownfish were the autistic fish of the reef and should come with little helmets to protect their heads. I was pounced on for it. There is a distinction: People with autism-not funny; Clownfish with autism- mildly amusing. I have one of those cheap algae clips shaped like a clownfish. Mine used to attack it. | |
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11-03-2007, 06:09 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
Posts: 567
| They talk or chrip with their teeth
HI,
I was reading a article in scientific american that clown fish actually use their teeth to make sounds , it can be a warning to stay away or even more complex forms of communication, they may be a little deeper than we realize.
doug:Halloween39: | |
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