My clown fish feeding my anemone

[hamannbmw]

Not sure whether it is common..... while i was feeding my clown n shrimps with dry pellets.....my clown had his fill den collect some pellets n place it in the anemone.....it will keep picking up some n act as if its trying to force the anemone to eat...........

[SBS_Transit]

Not sure whether it is common..... while i was feeding my clown n shrimps with dry pellets.....my clown had his fill den collect some pellets n place it in the anemone.....it will keep picking up some n act as if its trying to force the anemone to eat...........

How many clowns u have ? Maybe the clown is not feeding the anemone but the baby in it ? , like in the movie NEMO the baby live in the anemone(the egg)

[ZiT]

i read that clownfish and anemones actually do not live in symbiotic relationship. woa. to me they look like best friends.

once read this book from library (forgot title argh) about clownfish, it says that clownfish exhibit such behaviour only in tanks, and also NOT to feed anemone, but to 'use' it to grasp its food. funny.

clownfish benefits. anemone..eats watever leftover clownfish has.

uh. correct me if i wrong..

[flubberina13]

My little nemo was swimming by when my Tommy pulled him into the mouth of my rose anemone...

talk about symbiotic relationship...

[reefer guy]

my maroon always do feed its anemone esp when i feed it w my mixed recipe.... it takes the biggest chunks and drag it to the anemone, even keeping watch of damsels esp skunk shrimps from taking the food... funny thing is when the anemone doesnt seem to eat the left overs, the clown fish would take the chunks the farthest he could and spit it out, trying to evade the scavengers from lurking around the anemone

symbiotic that is.... nice to see such relationships under ur care....

[hamannbmw]

my clown is a stupid duke...when tis happy, it allows the CS to clean up its body...when its not..... , u know lar.....

[Bob]

My clown will feed the anemone and sometimes when the clown goes out to feed again,the cleaner shrimp wil try to steal the food from the anemone.

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

There's this african clownfish that i have that mistaken my hammer coral for an anemone.

It will bring the mysis shrimp that i feed them to the hammer coral.

It'll always do that...and not consume the shrimp itself.

[bwilly]

well, it does happen in the wild too..

not only in tank, but so far, from my own tank,

maroon take care of the anemone best.

Clowns used the anemone as a home to protect themselves from larger fishes. In turn, they feed the anemone, bringing back home a bacon or something. Both can survive well without each other though.

First time i saw clowns doing it, I was pretty excited n ask my wife to take alook.

[Razo]

First time i saw clowns doing it, I was pretty excited n ask my wife to take alook.

ya.. me 2..

[terryansimon]

I thought clownfishes and anemones do not have true symbiotic relationships? both of them can survive pretty well without each other...

a true symbiotic relationship would mean that by removing one part from the other, both will die off.

I may be wrong....so I stand to be corrected! (=

[hamannbmw]

well, it does happen in the wild too..

not only in tank, but so far, from my own tank,

maroon take care of the anemone best.

Mine is a clarkii bought at $5 from CF......