clownfish biting anemone?

[romsoccer12]

why does he do this? happens mostly at night. he seems to nip the ends of the tentacles

 

[mukymuk]

I believe this is typical behavior involved in maintaining it's immunity.

As long as your anemone is healthy, it should be a problem.

 

[Coral Hind]

It is totally normally. My female sucks on the tentacles like it is a pacifier.

 

[romsoccer12]

its like her pacifiar at night haha

 

[patriots81]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15575311#post15575311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Coral Hind
It is totally normally. My female sucks on the tentacles like it is a pacifier.

mines does the samething sometimes

 

[azcummins]

ditto. I've seen all my clowns do it. Its funny to watch.

 

[clowns101]

MY old Ocellaris Clown would do this all the time.He would get like 5 or 6 tentecals in his mouth at once!

 

[patriots81]

it is very funny to watch. why do you think that they do that?

 

[iMob]

I read somewhere that they do this to coat themselves with the anemones scent.
I guess it swallows it and it becomes more immune to the nem

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

My pink skunks would do this when they wanted the H. crispa to pull back and expose the rock where they lay their eggs.

 

[jumpman420]

I read in the past it is to help with the immunity of the sting of the nem