Ocellaris Clownfish “Kiss-fighting”?
08/09/03 Howdy, fellow Wetheads! Your excellent Clownfish FAQs and articles have mostly answered the following questions, but there are loose ends which I’d like to pursue…. I’ve had two Amphiprion ocellaris Clownfish for slightly more than a year, and they have proven to be the most entertaining, adaptable, hardy, and engaging creatures in my 20-gallon reef tank. To concur with your previous advice to readers, clownfish do indeed hop around like butterflies, or go “sleepless on the surface,” or roll around in the sand, or bask on top of a powerhead, or get nippy at my fingers, etc, etc, but they also seem to stay fairly mellow, sometimes apparently exerting a calming influence on far more aggressive fish. My pair even enjoy MANY repeated spins along the powerhead’s watery JetStream. Healthy and happy so long as they get a varied diet and squeaky-clean water. One of the clowns (I gather this would be the f
