relationship clown and anemone!!!

[castroantonio]

Hello. I have a question:
what is the Anemone obtains from a relationship between Clown and Anemone??

thank you

 

[Canarygirl]

one thing is food

 

[ludnix]

Yes, the clownfish will work to protect and maintain the anemone's survival as the anemone protects the clownfish.

 

[talon4x4]

Definetly food. My clown feeds his anemone every feeding time. Sometimes I wonder if he overfeeds him. He gives more food to the anemone than he eats, even stealing food from others in the tank for his anemone.

 

[Joshua1023]

Mine has never fed his nem. I wonder if that is a species specific thing.

 

[Slakker]

I could be mistaken, but I don't believe that this behavior of the clowns feeding the anemone has been observed in the wild.

I do know that anemones feed off of the waste products of the fish that live in them. Clownfish also do what they can to defend anemones from predators.