Damsel and BTA
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A clownfish and Damselfish are part of the same family of fish. There are four subfamilies in total for the Pomacentridae family. As you might have guessed clowns are one of the 4 and most other damsels slot into the other 3. So without getting too technical and trying to put things in very simple layman terms, one of the defining characteristics of clowns is that they are hosted by anemones. One of the things that separates other damsels from the same subfamily of clowns is that they do not.
This doesn't mean the random stray damselfish hasn't decided on rare occasion to setup home in an anemone and it happened to work out. It simply means you're literally fighting years of science and evolution if you think any damselfish over time will take up an anemone as home.
All of this is also part of the reason Damselfish and Anemonefish together are generally a bad idea in the home aquarium.
This doesn't mean the random stray damselfish hasn't decided on rare occasion to setup home in an anemone and it happened to work out. It simply means you're literally fighting years of science and evolution if you think any damselfish over time will take up an anemone as home.
All of this is also part of the reason Damselfish and Anemonefish together are generally a bad idea in the home aquarium.
Many years ago I had 6 chromis for 6 years, and they did happen to adapt to my anemone's, LTA and crispa.
It's not real common from my observations over the years, but it can happen.
However my maroon eventually put a stop to that, though she did tolerate it for a while.
It's not real common from my observations over the years, but it can happen.
However my maroon eventually put a stop to that, though she did tolerate it for a while.
