Clownfish Hosting

[picardoflik]

I woke up this morning to see that one of my two false percula clowns has taken to my long tentacle anemone. The nem has only been in there for about 3 weeks. The clown is cozily cuddling among the tentacles of the LT nem.

Question is, will both clowns take to the anemone? One of the clowns (the slightly smaller one) is still swimming by his lonesome, leaving his clown-mate in the anemone.

Any ideas?

 

[FishyReef]

I don't know for sure, but my guess would be that if the female is hosting the male will eventually follow since he is submissive to her - but that is just pure speculation on my part

 

[little_fish]

It really depends on the individual fish, i have heard stories of the female chasing away the male too

 

[AdamC]

Are they a pair of 2? is one newer?

 

[shaneypips]

We have two clowns that both seem to happily co-habit the same anemone. One is definitely more "in charge" than the other, but they don't seem overly aggressive to each other, certainly not to the point of causing any damage.

 

[picardoflik]

Update- the smaller male finally caved and both are hosting it now. Quite humorous to watch!