can this really happen?
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fshhub
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at christmas, we lost power, 3 days and nothing survived, except for an orange linkia starfish
before that, we had an18 inch carpet, and 2 percula clowns with a domino
the clowns were not even allowed near it. The domino, took right to it and played in it all day long, everyday. If anything came near the anemone, he would chase them out. Heck, the darn thing would bite me left and right, while I was feeding the anemone. would get nipped at least 6 to 8 times, every feeding. Luckily, the domino did not hurt, and is not venomous at all. It was amusing at first, but became very annoying FAST.
So, yes it is possibe, often different damsels will host in anemones, not jsut the domino. Just that clowns are more noted for doing so.
before that, we had an18 inch carpet, and 2 percula clowns with a domino
the clowns were not even allowed near it. The domino, took right to it and played in it all day long, everyday. If anything came near the anemone, he would chase them out. Heck, the darn thing would bite me left and right, while I was feeding the anemone. would get nipped at least 6 to 8 times, every feeding. Luckily, the domino did not hurt, and is not venomous at all. It was amusing at first, but became very annoying FAST.
So, yes it is possibe, often different damsels will host in anemones, not jsut the domino. Just that clowns are more noted for doing so.
johnd
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Quoted from Marine Community Aquarium by Dr. Leon Zann:
Schools of juvenile dominofish, dascyllus trimaculatus, a damselfish of the Indo-Pacific, shelter very close to and sometimes among the tentacles of the Indo-Pacific giant anemones. These fish, jet black with white spots, are also very conspicuous and if threatened dart into the tentacles. Presumbably they too possess the "host-recognition" mucus although they do not bathe in the tentacles for long periods. As the school grows older it spends less and less time among the tentacles. The adults do not hide in the tntacles but are often found in the vicinity of the anemone. More often they shelter in the branching coral Pocillopora.
Just read it yesterday so was fresh in my tiny mind
Schools of juvenile dominofish, dascyllus trimaculatus, a damselfish of the Indo-Pacific, shelter very close to and sometimes among the tentacles of the Indo-Pacific giant anemones. These fish, jet black with white spots, are also very conspicuous and if threatened dart into the tentacles. Presumbably they too possess the "host-recognition" mucus although they do not bathe in the tentacles for long periods. As the school grows older it spends less and less time among the tentacles. The adults do not hide in the tntacles but are often found in the vicinity of the anemone. More often they shelter in the branching coral Pocillopora.
Just read it yesterday so was fresh in my tiny mind
