Male clownfish shaking all the time

[Kaman8]

My male shake all the time and sometimes it's nipping on the rock, but my female don't shake. So I don't think they are mating. Why is my male shaking if it's not mating?

 

[ocellaris123]

to show submission to the female

 

[ecksreef]

Does it look like it's trying to shake or scrape off parasites?

 

[Kaman8]

Does it look like it's trying to shake or scrape off parasites?

No it's shaking and it's only doing it near the female.

 

[Michfish77]

More than likely he's doing that as a signal of submission to her. What ocellaris123 stated.

 

[Kaman8]

to show submission to the female

Why is he cleaning the rocks even the female is not pregnant?

 

[ocellaris123]

Why is he cleaning the rocks even the female is not pregnant?

Pairs do that frequently. I had a pair of black ocellaris clean a particular rock for a year before they put down their first clutch.

 

[Kaman8]

Pairs do that frequently. I had a pair of black ocellaris clean a particular rock for a year before they put down their first clutch.

Ok thanks. By the way only the male clean the rock . The female don't do anything. She is very lazy and eating like a pig.