Clownfish acting like a tang?

[BiggestE222]

Today I noticed my clownfish trying to eat algae off of the glass like my hippo tang. Usually it’s hard to watch him do things because when he sees me he starts looking for food anybody else have a clown that grazes algae?

 

[BiggestE222]

Of course it could be pods also.

 

[UNREEFER]

I have 5 pairs of clowns. One pair takes nori directly from the clip with the tangs, not much but still enough to notice. The two others sometimes eats some nori that tore off and went past them. The other no interest that I saw.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Today I noticed my clownfish trying to eat algae off of the glass like my hippo tang. Usually it’s hard to watch him do things because when he sees me he starts looking for food anybody else have a clown that grazes algae?

It’s eating pods

 

[Nick Steele]

My pair will constantly eat hair algae growing in my tank it’s funny! Maybe they are after the pods but I did watch them clear one of my sps frags from algae in like 5 minutes one day. Not completely gone because I don’t think they have the mouth for it but noticeably shorter

 

[RocksNStuff]

How often to you feed it?

 

[BiggestE222]

Yes I was watching my hippo graze. The clownfish watched for a moment then tried to do the same. Those 2 are the real Nemo and Dori

 

[BiggestE222]

How often to you feed it?

2-3 times a day. Heavy. Mix my own omnivore fish food from 6 different frozen foods.

 

[RocksNStuff]

2-3 times a day. Heavy. Mix my own omnivore fish food from 6 different frozen foods.

Well it sounds like you have nice little algae eater!

 

[BiggestE222]

He just mimics the tang. I think the clowns that are bred in captivity lose some of their wild instincts so they are more likely to mimic the fish they are around.

 

[consistent top]

My young Mai Tai pair have decided they must act like my Tail Spot blenny and graze on algae all day

 

[painter1982]

I have a “mated” pair, Clown tang. The clown picks pods off glass while tang picks algae. They both hang out together constantly. They also hang out with my chromis school.