clown hosting a shell?!?

[renogaw]

is it hosting, finding a mating spot, or just finding a safe home?

 

[ryanhayes9]

it could be all 3 but it looks like hosting IMO

 

[rcdude1990]

omg that is so funny that ur clown is doin that like the first second of the film it like jumps right in side of it
its a shell??? is it like a piece of coral or a piece of LR
i would love to put one in my tank and c if my clown hosts it

 

[renogaw]

i got it from someone who had broken down his reef tank and gave me all his dead coral skeletons. i have NO clue what it is, it looks like big eggs, but fused together by rock/sand.

 

[onyxclown]

a friend of mines gold stripe did that also she even layed in it!!!

 

[renogaw]

this one is funny as well. the one inside the shell is the smaller one, which i assumed was going to be the mail. but then he nips at the female...

 

[rcdude1990]

lol thats cool dam i hope somone can tell me wat those r cause i would loved to have one in my tank

 

[renogaw]

want me to take a better picture of it and post in the reef forum?

 

[rcdude1990]

if u can it would b greatly appeciated thanks a lot

 

[xdave]

Thats a type of barnacle.

 

[bonebrake]

Dave got it first: barnacle skeleton.
:joy:

 

[renogaw]

wow, those are some big barnacles!!
not going to post since already id'ed. thanks!

 

[xdave]

It was either my extensive knowlege of sealife, or the fact that every one I ever saw had a sticker on it that said barnacle!

Thats one of those old school decorations. We used to use them to put feather dusters in.

 

[rcdude1990]

ok barnicle ill keep that in mind thanks a lot

 

[clown boy]

Originally Posted by xDave
Thats a type of barnacle.
I've got those, and I always wondered what they were. Thanks!

 

[boozzbro]

it seems in that second video tha male is just keepping the female away from his territory. Unless they are a mated pair fish generally dont liek to share.

 

[hemicj]

my perc. clown decided to take up recidnce in my large feather duster latly. it funy whenever it closes she hurrys away and comes back as soon as it opens i whish i had video it funy to whatch

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by boozzbro
it seems in that second video tha male is just keepping the female away from his territory. Unless they are a mated pair fish generally dont liek to share.
they havent laid eggs yet, but they are the only 2 in the tank and hang out with each other 95% of the time.

 

[chris57]

moon lighting helps alot with breeding, clown fish can host just about anything i've herd them hosting: corals, featherdusters, clams, sponges, anemones, rocks, dead corals, fake decorations, and even plants. some clowns change their hosts frequently.

 

[chris57]

here's one my clowns in the my 40 gallon breeder