Hello everyone, recently my brother and I bought a pair of WC 2.5 year old true percs from a local reefer. They are healthy and eating fairly well. The question I have is concerning the branching hammer coral that they host. Now the hammer has about 25 heads and is quite large so they don't seem to be doing any damage to it, but I was wondering if it is normal for the female to just stay in the hammer all day in the same spot, only days ago she used to swim around the tank more and now she just hangs out in the hammer all day. She also swishes her tail in the sand some too. I was just wondering if these behaviors are normal or if they are a bad sign. I'm more concerned about her staying in the same spot (she still is swimming in that spot, not like the motionless clown thread) as I know that clowns often move sand and rocks around the tank as they please. Any help would be great. Thanks, Charlie
Is This Behavior Normal For A Clownfish?
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Travis L. Stevens
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She's perfectly alright. That's what they do when they host, sit there. Also, the digging in the sand is fine as well. As long as she's eating, I don't think you have any problems.
looking at these pictures and observing the clownfish today, im kind of worried about these two small spots on the femal clown. First of all, her behavior is normal, and she ate just fine today, although her and the male never have been really big eaters, here is the best picture I could get of her earlier today, the two spots are raised a little bit so I am really hoping that it's just more reaction to the sting of the hammer coral that they host. Please let me know, thanks.
