hosting?

danimal1211

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Hey all, I have a question about my clowns recent peculiar behavior. He's a 2" true perc. Anyway, I added my first frags (zoas) this past week, and since then, he's taken to some strange behaviors. I noticed it the day after adding the frags. The frag in question is a 2" disc frag with about 30 polyps on it. I placed it right near the front corner of the tank about an inch from either side. Most of the time now the clown goes and rests between the frag and the glass with his nose close to the sand, tail elevated a bit. He also swims sideways above the frag and kinda shimmies. Outside of a seemingly endless appetite, I feed twice a day, he seems healthy. I can't get a good pic of it, cause like a puppy he gets a little excited when he sees me. But here's the best I could take. Anyways does this behavior sound like he's trying to host?
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Sounds like the start of hosting behavior to me. Also from the pic.

You may want to feed less. That kind of feeding will cause a hair algae outbreak that is difficult to get rid of.

dsoz
 
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