treesprite January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 (edited) ... there can be no DSB in a clownfish tank Edited January 29, 2009 by treesprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octopus January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 Lol......I hear ya! My Yellow stripe maroon does the same, but I didn't know others did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 Great pics, Forrest! How fun! LOL Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 All clowns I've ever owned, Perc, False Perc, Clarkii's, GSM have all done that. However mine do not dig large large holes in the sand. A dsb should still be plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaironman January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 Lots of fish species do that before spawning. It's their spawning "bed". Maybe some baby tomato's are in your future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 My mantis does that all the time. It's amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve G January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 My percs occasionally stir up the bed but only the top layer and only in their special cozy corner of the tank Heck, I also have a pistol shrimp with my DSB and it's no big deal. So far (had it about a month) the pistol does his digging in the far corner behind a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 I had a clarkii that used to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 ... there can be no DSB in a clownfish tank Put a piece of ceramic tile in that spot, with the finished side down, and see if the clowns will use that for spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 29, 2009 Author Share January 29, 2009 My female clown does this constantly, uncountable times every single day throughout the tank, no particular spot though they are in a 38g alone. The bottom of the tank usually has bare areas. I think she does it in part due to being irritated, because sometimes she does it when I have my hand in the tank. The male doesn't do it near as often, and then only in a certain area, so for him I believe it is part of the dance. The clowns are only a few inches apart in that picture so you can see the difference in their sizes... they were the same size when I got them, about 1.5". Great pics, Forrest! How fun! LOL I finally got a "real" camera! Tracy, I thought you fell off the earth.... been wondering what happened to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer January 30, 2009 Share January 30, 2009 I finally got a "real" camera! Tracy, I thought you fell off the earth.... been wondering what happened to you. I looked at your tank thread and saw the awesome pics....fantastic! I did kind of fall off the earth. The (now-not-so) little black @$%#& invasion proved to be quite a busy bee and needing a great deal of attention. She's awfully pretty though, so she's forgiven! LOL Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotzer January 30, 2009 Share January 30, 2009 I forgot I can't say the word for a female dog on here. LOL Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay January 30, 2009 Share January 30, 2009 You'll see a scene similar to this in Crustacean Wars VI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 30, 2009 Author Share January 30, 2009 I looked at your tank thread and saw the awesome pics....fantastic! I did kind of fall off the earth. The (now-not-so) little black @$%#& invasion proved to be quite a busy bee and needing a great deal of attention. She's awfully pretty though, so she's forgiven! LOL Tracy She's a pretty dog You'll see a scene similar to this in Crustacean Wars VI. Looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay January 30, 2009 Share January 30, 2009 Looking forward to it I thought you couldn't watch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyden January 30, 2009 Share January 30, 2009 How many of the clowns that are doing this are hosting in anemones? Just curious. Jackie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 31, 2009 Author Share January 31, 2009 I thought you couldn't watch them I "try" to watch them... there is a lot of frame-by-frame effect because the connection is so slow which at times is frustrating to the point that I give up. If there was a way to download the files then view them I would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 31, 2009 Author Share January 31, 2009 How many of the clowns that are doing this are hosting in anemones? Just curious. Jackie I think the clowns do it to "clean house", meaning that having an anemone would not make any difference. I wonder how many people have clowns while having a crushed-coral substrate and how the clowns behave with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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