My clown is snuggling in my toadstool!

[TikiBird]

My question is, is this going to be okay?

I’ve had my two clowns for a little over a year. The larger one (not sure if they’ve decided on sex yet) has been snuggling up by the powerhead/intake for a couple of months. The little one hasn’t seemed to pick a certain spot, but today I saw him cuddling up with the toadstool coral!! It was basically the cutest thing ever.

The photos are horrible (I didn’t want to scare him and get close at all) but you can kind of see him (?) down there.

The toadstool doesn’t at all like when the cleaner shrimp walks on it, and it has retracted where the clown is in it. Will this hurt the coral over time if the polyps are retracted? Will it get more used to the clown being there?

I’ve read differing reports and thought I’d ask.

 

[Crabs McJones]

My question is, is this going to be okay?

I’ve had my two clowns for a little over a year. The larger one (not sure if they’ve decided on sex yet) has been snuggling up by the powerhead/intake for a couple of months. The little one hasn’t seemed to pick a certain spot, but today I saw him cuddling up with the toadstool coral!! It was basically the cutest thing ever.

The photos are horrible (I didn’t want to scare him and get close at all) but you can kind of see him (?) down there.

The toadstool doesn’t at all like when the cleaner shrimp walks on it, and it has retracted where the clown is in it. Will this hurt the coral over time if the polyps are retracted? Will it get more used to the clown being there?

I’ve read differing reports and thought I’d ask.

Every coral is different, just keep an eye on it for signs that the coral is getting upset. I have a pair of clown that tried being hosted by a torch colony of over 10 heads and they killed them all, then they moved to my Duncan colony and the Duncan don't seem to mind at all, been there for quite some time now and the clowns and Duncan's are both doing great.

 

[TikiBird]

Every coral is different, just keep an eye on it for signs that the coral is getting upset. I have a pair of clown that tried being hosted by a torch colony of over 10 heads and they killed them all, then they moved to my Duncan colony and the Duncan don't seem to mind at all, been there for quite some time now and the clowns and Duncan's are both doing great.

Thank you!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thank you!!

No problem, in fact the clowns just laid a whole mess of eggs under the Duncan colony last night. Pretty cool :)

 

[TikiBird]

No problem, in fact the clowns just laid a whole mess of eggs under the Duncan colony last night. Pretty cool :)

Omg! How awesome! [emoji2]

 

[Crabs McJones]

Omg! How awesome! [emoji2]

 

[TikiBird]

Wow! They’re so well camouflaged I don’t think I would have ever seen them!

 

[Flippers4pups]

My clowns would host my toadstool leather. I had it in a smaller system and it got so big that I had to frag it.

It didn't mind having the clowns swimming and laying in it and would keep it's polyps out as if nothing was happening.

Its baby frag is in my current tank and growing big as well now. I hope the clowns will once again host it like before.

 

[TikiBird]

My clowns would host my toadstool leather. I had it in a smaller system and it got so big that I had to frag it.

It didn't mind having the clowns swimming and laying in it and would keep it's polyps out as if nothing was happening.

Its baby frag is in my current tank and growing big as well now. I hope the clowns will once again host it like before.

Wow, that’s beautiful!!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Wow, that’s beautiful!!

Thanks!