clown refuses to leave anemone - normal?

[jas_soh]

i understand clown and anemone has symbiotic relationship. BUT if fish refuses to leave the anemone alone, is it a normal sign???

[Morgan]

What do you mean by if fish refuses to leave the anemone alone?

In the wild clown fishes never venture more than 2ft away from the anemone. Small ones are alway inside the anemone. They are very protective of their anemone host and will defend it aggressively to the extend of attacking divers that venture too near. That why clown fishes are easily caught by hand.

Back to topic....if the clown fish never leave the anemone even to feed then the fish is sick or something. You have to worry.....the fish might not survive.

[flubberina13]

Yah...my clown leaves his anemone...but only to peck my hands...

[bwilly]

I got two abt 3cm clowns..

at nite go to anemone to sleep. in day

swim ard..

[hongqixian]

i understand clown and anemone has symbiotic relationship. BUT if fish refuses to leave the anemone alone, is it a normal sign???

It could be bad for the anemone, if the anemone is too small. It would be abused by the clownfish and damaged.

[FuEl]

You've got urself a paranoid clownfish.

[blue.tang]

tat shld be normal wat

[jas_soh]

of course it leaves its anemone but only under 2 occassions: i)quickly grab the flakes and ii)to attack the yellow tail damsel when it gets too close to its host anemone... it spends like 23hr and 55min at the anemone a day.....