Lightning Maroon hosting a ... CLAM???

[Kevin Duprey]

For the last few weeks, my male lightning maroon has been acting likes it's hosting my Squamosa clam. It constantly hangs around it's mantle, and even occasionally chases smaller fish away. Anyone seen this before? It seems to have coincided with the LTA that the female guards deciding to walk around the tank lately. The 2 clowns are not fighting at all, but the male seems to REALLY like the clam.

 

[Nasir]

He may kill it.

 

[Kevin Duprey]

He may kill it.

I don't think so. He's not violent with it at all, not nipping, and it's usually fully open when he's around. It wasn't today when I took the picture because I had just messed with the lights trying to get a better picture, and that caused the clam to retract a bit.

What makes you say that?

 

[Waterislife]

female clowns will always dominate the male. she will let him around when she is looking to mate. he needs to prove his worth to her. need to give him, his own anemone, red bubble tip my personal choice, if he hangs around that clam long enough, it may stress and die

 

[Arvind Arya]

true
get him his own anemone... also, ive seen other clowns in clams

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

For the last few weeks, my male lightning maroon has been acting likes it's hosting my Squamosa clam. It constantly hangs around it's mantle, and even occasionally chases smaller fish away. Anyone seen this before? It seems to have coincided with the LTA that the female guards deciding to walk around the tank lately. The 2 clowns are not fighting at all, but the male seems to REALLY like the clam.

That's a great picture

 

[Peach02]

Following

 

[Casey Erb]

Mine has been doing it to a chalice.

 

[OnyxPerc]

clowns will literally live in anything...give it another nem, or move the clam somewhere else so that he doesn't keep bothering it.

 

[Breadman03]

I saw a picture of a pair of clowns inside a clam a few years ago. Yes, inside the incurrent siphon. There is a risk of the clowns harming the clam, but there is also a risk of the clam clamping down on the clown. If it was my tank, I wouldn't worry about it unless I saw trouble beginning.

 

[CivicS14]

Haha mine does the same thing. Its been 4 months, no issues.

 

[Jordan Prather]

Check out this video by Mile high reefer it's pretty cool

 

[Kenneth Hooper]

I have 2 Cinnamon Clowns in my tank and one is being hosted by what was sold as and appears to be a condy nem and the other tried my clam for a bit but then settled on some Pearl Bubble Coral

 

[Kevin Duprey]

Check out this video by Mile high reefer it's pretty cool

Love this. Guess it's not that unusual.