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FishMachine
10/05/2005, 11:16 AM
my clownfish is using my clam as an anemone. its really cool when i wake up, my clown resting on my clam. anyone else have this experiance. i will post pics later.
FishMachine
10/05/2005, 11:49 AM
http://tinypic.com/e9tcvp.jpg
FishMachine
10/05/2005, 11:51 AM
http://tinypic.com/e9td1g.jpg



http://tinypic.com/e9td3l.jpg



http://tinypic.com/e9td7t.jpg



http://tinypic.com/e9td9h.jpg
rockindacheeks
10/05/2005, 12:27 PM
does the clam stay open all the time when your clown is on him? ive heard it can really stress the clam out if he keeps having to close up
FishMachine
10/05/2005, 12:43 PM
the clam is always open its very healthy
Pacific Reefs
10/05/2005, 12:45 PM
Is the clown inside the clam?
FishMachine
10/05/2005, 01:31 PM
no its just on the blue part
LTJGAlex
10/05/2005, 01:42 PM
Very cool! Ha! I was going to post that my ocellaris does that too! I have one in my 12g reef, in which there are dozens of choices for host species for him: anemones, corals, sponges. He hasn't moved into anything per se, though he tends to sleep in my BTA at night (sharing it with a PAC). But during the day? You may find him rolling around in any number of things, including my baby maxima! Other organisms he enjoys lolling in are mushrooms, feather dusters and ricordia. All of these things, including my clam, stay open for him.

This kind of thing is one of the joys of the hobby. When we're not bogged down with lighting, water changes, ich, parasites, tests, dosings, dying organisms, crossing our fingers for overnight shipped fish, dead cnidarians nuking tanks, jumpers, imcompatible fish, bad hitchhikers, algae, cyano, moving, power outtages, filters, making RO water, vacuuming the substrate, and the kids getting too close to the open-top lionfish tank (j/k).......

We get to sit back and enjoy the remarkable interactions of these fragile creatures we've sworn to care for.

I love it.
FishMachine
10/05/2005, 01:57 PM
i love it also
Pacific Reefs
10/05/2005, 02:27 PM
Very cool.
FishMachine
10/06/2005, 10:15 PM
i wish it did this to my anemone but the clam is better and more intresting
impur
10/07/2005, 01:32 PM
The first thing that popped into my head is that pic of the clam closing with a butterfly or copperband's head in it!!
clown fanatic
10/07/2005, 01:36 PM
^ same here but it was a clarkii clownfish
FishMachine
10/07/2005, 06:43 PM
what do you mean?
impur
10/07/2005, 06:52 PM
http://www.briansonlineaquarium.com/files/sudden_death_3.jpg
BLKTANG
10/07/2005, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by impur
http://www.briansonlineaquarium.com/files/sudden_death_3.jpg

Is that a pic from your tank!!:eek1:
gfk
10/07/2005, 07:23 PM
is it messed up that i laughed at that last picture?
Wiggawam
10/08/2005, 11:24 AM
Originally posted by gfk
is it messed up that i laughed at that last picture?

I laughed too, it's ok.
clown fanatic
10/08/2005, 01:24 PM
owwww
jcopp24
10/08/2005, 01:48 PM
Before I decided to place a Undulated Trigger in my tank...
I had the picture below... I Giant Clam that my Tomatoe clown would use to sleep on... so we called him the couch Tomotoe...
Then the Undulate ate both of them... which is hard to beleive oh wait maybe not...

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=89676&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
WendyMc
10/08/2005, 02:58 PM
I used to work in a LFS w/a huge deresa in the display. An ocilleris decided to host it, didn't seem to affect the clam at all after it got used to it. I always thought that crazy clown was flirting w/death, the clam was bigger than a volleyball! I'd hate for it to close on me. Never did close on that perc.
impur
10/08/2005, 03:03 PM
No its not from my tank. Another guy here posted it awhile back.