Clowns omnivorous?

[NanoReefWanabe]

i was just wondering if clowns are omnivorous?

today my clown knocked over a rock i have with some hair algae on it....i thought he just bumped it...so i fixed it...then he went right after it again...actually tearing at the hair algae..she seemed to be eating it...

perhaps my fish is overly hungry as i have cut food down to help eliminate the hair algae..

 

[traveller7]

Mine will pick at nori for tangs and just about anything else. When mine are knocking over rocks, grazing algae, etc., they tend to be preparing nesting space.

 

[phender]

I have a book that has table with the stomach contents of clowns. All species had algae in their stomachs. All the species listed had at least 25% of their diet from algae. Pink skunk clowns had algae making up 43% of their diet.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

huh....very interesting then...

i would like to see them starting to breed that would be cool..i think they may be too young yet..but you never know..only been in my tank 10mo...they were newborns when i got them..about 3/4" long...now she is atleast 2" from nose to base of tail..and he is about 1 3/4" if that...closer to 1 1/2"

 

[adtravels]

I had afemale clarks that ate all the red macroalgae in my tank