Occelaris Sucking on Bounce Mushroom

[shimps1]

Pretty much as the title describes. Anyone seen anything like this? This is the female of my pair, both are captive bred.

She has also been getting more and more black spots, which I know are stings, so I think she is looking for a host. I have two decent torches she could host, but no true anemones.

 

[Tahoe61]

It's fairly common with clowns and the clown host. Speculation is that it may inoculate the clown, the anemone doesn't recognize clown fish proteins.

 

[StartingATank]

I believe the clown is trying to get used to the mushroom, and this is a normal behavior for clowns trying to host something