Clownfish form strict hierarchies, in which, the dominant fish is female. In the absence of a matriarch, a larger male clown will change gender and also become the new boss. When it is time to lay eggs, the breeding pair will clear an oval-shaped space for the brood to go. The male Common Clownfish take up the job of guarding and fanning the eggs. The success of the brood depends on how attentive the subordinate males are.
Famously, Clownfish share a symbiotic relationship with anemones. The Anemones offer the clownfish protection against predators. This is so, because anemones have stinging cells called nematocysts. Clownfish have protective mucus coats, which prevent the host from stinging them. In return, the Common Clownfish brings in food and keeps the Anemone free from parasites.
Clownfish are omnivorous, they will eat some algae and small meaty foods such as zooplankton or larver.
Common Clownfish do best when fed a varied diet. They will accept frozen Mysis shrimp and enriched frozen brine shrimp. They will also devour live foods, such as copepods and amphipods, that can be cultivated in attached refugium. Over time they will accept high-quality pellets and flake.
Clownfish form strict hierarchies, in which, the dominant fish is female. In the absence of a matriarch, a larger male clown will change gender and also become the new boss. When it is time to lay eggs, the breeding pair will clear an oval-shaped space for the brood to go. The male Common Clownfish take up the job of guarding and fanning the eggs. The success of the brood depends on how attentive the subordinate males are.
Famously, Clownfish share a symbiotic relationship with anemones. The Anemones offer the clownfish protection against predators. This is so, because anemones have stinging cells called nematocysts. Clownfish have protective mucus coats, which prevent the host from stinging them. In return, the Common Clownfish brings in food and keeps the Anemone free from parasites.
Clownfish are omnivorous, they will eat some algae and small meaty foods such as zooplankton or larver.
Common Clownfish do best when fed a varied diet. They will accept frozen Mysis shrimp and enriched frozen brine shrimp. They will also devour live foods, such as copepods and amphipods, that can be cultivated in attached refugium. Over time they will accept high-quality pellets and flake.
