Bet you've never seen a clown host like this...

[NanoCrazed]

No words needed...

 

[JoshH]

Looks like he's trying to have a nap and someone rudely interrupted him lol

 

[Tahoe61]

Actually that is exactly how my Lighting Maroons resided. Used to drive me nuts!!!!

Get out and swim around the tank already. ;Shifty

Looks like salty one is recovering nicely.

 

[Jisko]

Mine actually lives in a duncan all day then at night sleeps on the powerhead haha

 

[NanoCrazed]

Actually that is exactly how my Lighting Maroons resided. Used to drive me nuts!!!!

Get out and swim around the tank already. ;Shifty

Looks like salty one is recovering nicely.

I was worried that he wouldn't make it but he perks up when food arrives, eats, and goes back to lounging on the nozzle... strangest part is he keeps his mouth partially above the waterline.

Hard time deciding whether to name him "salty" or "lazy as$" at this point...

 

[rcmike]

Is that one of those 5 gallon Fluval tanks? The female will quickly outgrow that.

 

[NanoCrazed]

Is that one of those 5 gallon Fluval tanks? The female will quickly outgrow that.

Good eye... it is.

When the clowns get big, they'll get re-homed to a larger tank at home. This particular tank is on my office desk...

 

[rcmike]

We just got one of those tanks last weekend for my son to keep freshwater shrimp and small fish in.

Are they new? Hopefully that female lightens up on the male. They can be pretty rough. Also, even if you buy them as a bonded pair I have seen a female kill a male after getting them home. Good luck with them.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

LOL That's awesome! Love the GIF!

 

[Ghxst]

The best part, IMO, is the bystander just pacing back and forth in the back round unsure of what to do.

 

[RobertP]

Mine hosted a patch of xenia and one of them still sleeps in it but they visit the BTA and do their dance through it. Clowns are very well named!

 

[rcmike]

To be honest it looks like the female has the male cowering up there to get away from her. Of course it is a very short GIF but that is what it looks like to me.

 

[erky]

i have a yuma mushroom hoster, the shroom loves it!

 

[jimmyzhou]

Love that pair Soo much watch it lol

 

[Gamma]

Unfortunately I am cursed with severe algae outbreak right now but my clown loves it!

 

[urfavoritehoboinkc]

I love my 5 gal. spec it’s Mostly SPS! I traded out my snowflake clown for a single lightening maroon for a better guarantee that it’d host my anemone & it did. I highly suggest putting a hang on the back aqua fuge if you can sacrifice the view from one side.

 

[NanoCrazed]

To be honest it looks like the female has the male cowering up there to get away from her. Of course it is a very short GIF but that is what it looks like to me.

They actually paired up and established pecking order during QT. She ignores him most of the time...except when I start paying attention to him. Then she comes by from the other end of the tank to harass him for a tiny bit.

It's actually funny... when they were in breeder box and I placed an blind separator, he swims normal... minute he sees her, he flops to his side and stays like that for awhile. Guess it's a sign of submission like puppies... :/

 

[NanoCrazed]

In the latest saga, I cleaned my tank today and noticed the return flow being non-existent. After fumbling, i found a baby snail lodged inside the nozzle... but after I corrected this, "lazy as$" decided to go hang by the overflow. And by the overflow, it was more like right on it...

He swims away occasionally, and then purposely swims back and let the suction pull him in. I moved him away with a straw...and yet again, he runs back to the grate...

Strangest clown, I've own to date...but migh just be my favorite since he's so weird...

 

[terri_ann]

How about a Picasso and an Acan Echinata?! Plenty of Duncan's, hammers, torches, RFA. Shrooms, toads, etc! Silly clowns!;Joyful