Clownfish ignoring anemone only during the day?

[pilotsheba]

I have two clarkii clowns and 3 gbtas. I never see the clowns in the anemones during the day only when the lights are out they just sleep in them i was just wondering if this is normal. They don't even look at them during the day.

 

[AC-WEB]

Same issue here with one of my clowns. I'm interested to see what people say!

 

[evsalty]

For a little while my occs did that but now they seem to mostly stick by it. They both are right near their rbta as I type.

 

[Mavrk]

When my Occs finally took to my RBTA, they did the same thing. Now the female is in or close to it most of the time. The male tends to venture out more. But both spend a lot of their time in the anemone. My RBTA split and the male has decided to sleep with the smaller clone at night since there is not much room in the original one. It is like they have his and hers beds.

 

[Winwood]

Clarkii clowns are less bound to their anemones than other species such as occellaris, perculas, skunks etc.. Mostly due to their stronger swimming capabilities. My akindynos (clarkii complex) spend a lot of the day swimming in the water column And then retreat to the safety of their anemone during the night. I attribute this to the fact that anemonefish are more susceptable to predation at night and therefore feel more vulnerable.