i have the dumbest occ clowns

yellowslayer13 · #1 11/12/2007, 03:39 AM

they sleep inverted behind the heater and try to feed it mysis one is a compleatly black and white the other is norm pattern
My guess is they hit their heads on the acro too many times while playing tag.

InsaneClownFish · #2 11/12/2007, 03:44 AM

That's pretty cool. They think the heater is their anemone..

stealthbimmer · #3 11/12/2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by InsaneClownFish
That's pretty cool. They think the heater is their anemone..

mine are the same way....even though there is an anemone like 6" away

reefman13 · #4 11/12/2007, 11:47 AM

My picasso sleeps entirely on her side while the other one sleeps normally under neath the rocks.

Clowns are my favorite fish personality wise

Reefynewby · #5 11/13/2007, 12:08 AM

another reefer told me that his fed the overflow... much to his dismay... Unfortunately, i'm not blessed with the fun and joy of "feeding" clowns, as mine only feed their stomachs.

tpdpercula · #6 11/13/2007, 03:29 AM

Clowns will host almost anything (i.e. maxi-jets, heaters, etc.) and will usually attempt to feed their hosts.

Slakker · #7 11/13/2007, 02:51 PM

Actually it's widely believed that they don't so much "feed" their hosts as attempt to store food there...just so happens that anemones eat it before the clowns do.

reefman13 · #8 11/13/2007, 03:18 PM

Slakker, I would like to know where you got that from.

tedr · #9 11/13/2007, 05:14 PM

Believe he got that from Joyce Wilkerson's book.

vaporize · #10 11/13/2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by Slakker
Actually it's widely believed that they don't so much "feed" their hosts as attempt to store food there...just so happens that anemones eat it before the clowns do.

After having almost 40 anemones and 200+ clownfishes in my collection, I completely agreed with that statement. My clownfish only tries to steal food from the anemone when I feed them. In a community tank with many fish, the clownfish take the food and tries to 'store' it in the anemone.

If they are not competing with other fish, they are happy to pull the food out of the anemone to eat it.

InsaneClownFish · #11 11/13/2007, 06:31 PM

It's all instinct it would seem...

Slakker · #12 11/13/2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally posted by reefman13
Slakker, I would like to know where you got that from.

I've seen it in a few places...I think Joyce Wilkerson's book "Clownfishes" is probably the most reliable source I can come up with off the top of my head.

I saw it myself a bit when I had my clowns in QT back in April, they would carry bits of food that were too big into their favorite PVC pipe and go after it a couple of minutes later.