As promised, new pictures of chubs. As a squirrelly little toddler of a fish, he hates to hold still for photos, so I had to resort to the flash. It turns out that the camera flash scares the fish, but at least it doesn't wash out colors like it does for coral (must be due to the fact that they have reflective pigments rather than fluorescent ones like in corals). I bet it would be cool to rig up an actinic flash to use for reef pictures...
As you can see from the profile shot, chubs' sunken belly is gone and his fins have noticeably recovered. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy, but I could swear this fish has grown since we got him!
I'm beginning to agree with those who claim aquacultured fish don't have the brains/instincts of wild ones. While my clown looks good and is fairly friendly, it has shown no interest in hosting either the green sinularia which looks superficially like an anemone, or the large frilly mushrooms that are ballooning in size under the halide. Is there any hope?