Bubble tip and clown fish

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  1. lloydy

    lloydy Astrea Snail

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    Hi,

    Ive had my bubble tip anemone a few weeks now, and it starting to looking healthy again, thankfully, its started eating, and its almost always fully open.

    I noticed the other day that one of my clown fish had hosted the anemone, but the other hadn't.

    The larger female was swimming in the anemone, playing around, whilst the other clown was at the other side of the tank on its own.

    Is this normal for only one clown fish to host an anemone?

    Will the other clown fish slowly start hosting?

    Cheers

    Lloyd
     
    lloydy, May 1, 2009
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  2. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Sometimes the female clowns will get real possessive and beat up males if they come near the anemone.
     
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  3. ninty

    ninty Flamingo Tongue

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    I got rid of my nem, It was a large green one. I noticed that the smaller clown whent to it first, it took the larger clown about a week to go on it. But it's all on the size of the nem really.
     
    ninty, May 2, 2009
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