Velvet damsel

[Joshua H.]

I have a velvet damsel that will go down to the sand and fan his tail and throws sand everywhere. It just now started this after having it about a year. I posted a link to a real short video showing what it's doing. In the video he is taking it easy, I mean he gets some hard core sand slinging action going sometimes. He is doing it all the time. Any ideas what he's doing this for? I've had it almost a year and it just started this a couple of weeks ago.



http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/atvfreestylekid/?action=view&current=452.flv

 

[JamesJR]

It is perfectly normal. Lots of damsels do this, clownfish especially. It is part of their way of establishing territories, setting up nesting sites and such.