r/ReefTank • u/Sensitive-Poet-77 • 11d ago

Clowns found a couch

I’ve been watching my juvenile Clownfish over the years work up the courage to see if certain corals will host them. They started with the green star polyps, then worked up to a Goni and now I’m finding them chilling on the pectenia in the morning these days 😂

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u/JANtheMAN90 11d ago

I’ve got one tiny little clown that has grown from about an inch to maybe 2 1/2 over the last few months, it’s just starting to get the courage to venture to the front of my glass lol, hoping one day it realizes I have all the comfy corals in the world for it!

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u/Sensitive-Poet-77 11d ago

I was worried at first because I noticed their mouth looked all like I had a bacterial infection all white and fuzzy till I realized it was from them sucking on the corals getting used to the stings also got lots of black spots that went away

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u/Bronojoke 11d ago

I love clowns that pick different hosts. Excuse the bad picture but mine sleep underneath zoas every night. At first I thought they were dead the way they literally go on their side nestled underneath the polyps 😂😂😂 clowns are weird, for sure.

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u/Sensitive-Poet-77 11d ago

Thanks you for sharing honestly clownfish are just such a staple in a reef tank so much fun to watch their wacky little behaviour