Percula Saga

[Chris Taylor]

One of the attractions of this hobby is seeing a percula, nestled cosily in
the tentacles of it's home/anemone. It was with this in mind that I started
the present tank.

About 3 months ago I purchased an anemenomenome with two resident percula's.

That night the anemone decided to investigate the inside of the filtration
inlet pipe, nearly causing a wipeout in the tank. The two clowns were,
sadly, still trying to swim in the dying remains of the anemone.

A week later Scotty beamed one of the clowns from the tank, I've never found
any remains.

I purchased another anemone a couple of weeks later. The animal never
attached itself; after a few days I noticed a haemorrhage on its foot, it
subsequently died.

A month ago I purchased a purple malu anenome, the remaining clown fish was
less than interested in its new host.

I purchased a baby percula for company, in the hopes that the baby would
head for home and encourage the larger fish into the anemone. This did not
work, although the two fish did immediately become soulmates, happily
dancing around the tank together.

Yesterday, while cleaning the tank after a 10 day visit to the US (boy, does
Cleveland get cold!!) I noticed that while all other fish had darted for
safety, the clowns were watching the intruding glass scraper with little
trepidation, hovering in front of the anemone, almost as if they knew it
offered safety.

Over the next coupe of hours I gently assisted the purculas (with the
newfound 'weapon') in coming to the realisation that the anemone was indeed
the only safe haven for them.

They haven't left their new house for more than a few seconds since and look
happy as puppies.

Just thought I'd share this.

Regards

The other Chris

[Marc Levenson]

You've really had some tough events occur over the past few months. Congrats on
your success!

I added a 6 month old clown to my 29g, and within mere hours, the baby clown was
in the anemone and bonded with the 6 *year* old clown. You can see them in the
last picture of this page:
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/bta.html

Marc


Chris Taylor wrote:

> One of the attractions of this hobby is seeing a percula, nestled cosily in
> the tentacles of it's home/anemone. It was with this in mind that I started
> the present tank.
>
> About 3 months ago I purchased an anemenomenome with two resident percula's.
>
> That night the anemone decided to investigate the inside of the filtration
> inlet pipe, nearly causing a wipeout in the tank. The two clowns were,
> sadly, still trying to swim in the dying remains of the anemone.
>
> A week later Scotty beamed one of the clowns from the tank, I've never found
> any remains.
>
> I purchased another anemone a couple of weeks later. The animal never
> attached itself; after a few days I noticed a haemorrhage on its foot, it
> subsequently died.
>
> A month ago I purchased a purple malu anenome, the remaining clown fish was
> less than interested in its new host.
>
> I purchased a baby percula for company, in the hopes that the baby would
> head for home and encourage the larger fish into the anemone. This did not
> work, although the two fish did immediately become soulmates, happily
> dancing around the tank together.
>
> Yesterday, while cleaning the tank after a 10 day visit to the US (boy, does
> Cleveland get cold!!) I noticed that while all other fish had darted for
> safety, the clowns were watching the intruding glass scraper with little
> trepidation, hovering in front of the anemone, almost as if they knew it
> offered safety.
>
> Over the next coupe of hours I gently assisted the purculas (with the
> newfound 'weapon') in coming to the realisation that the anemone was indeed
> the only safe haven for them.
>
> They haven't left their new house for more than a few seconds since and look
> happy as puppies.
>
> Just thought I'd share this.
>
> Regards
>
> The other Chris

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[Chris Taylor]

Thanks

I saw the initial pic with the little guy defending the fort a week or two
ago, really cool!. Where do they learn this?

Interesting also to note, that before warming up to their new home, they
used to swim all night and appeared to be sleeping while doing so. I prodded
one of them early one morning and she didn't react.

Regards


Chris

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> You've really had some tough events occur over the past few months.
Congrats on
> your success!
>
> I added a 6 month old clown to my 29g, and within mere hours, the baby
clown was
> in the anemone and bonded with the 6 *year* old clown. You can see them
in the
> last picture of this page:
> http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/bta.html
>
> Marc
>
>
> Chris Taylor wrote:
>
> > One of the attractions of this hobby is seeing a percula, nestled cosily
in
> > the tentacles of it's home/anemone. It was with this in mind that I
started
> > the present tank.
> >
> > About 3 months ago I purchased an anemenomenome with two resident
percula's.
> >
> > That night the anemone decided to investigate the inside of the
filtration
> > inlet pipe, nearly causing a wipeout in the tank. The two clowns were,
> > sadly, still trying to swim in the dying remains of the anemone.
> >
> > A week later Scotty beamed one of the clowns from the tank, I've never
found
> > any remains.
> >
> > I purchased another anemone a couple of weeks later. The animal never
> > attached itself; after a few days I noticed a haemorrhage on its foot,
it
> > subsequently died.
> >
> > A month ago I purchased a purple malu anenome, the remaining clown fish
was
> > less than interested in its new host.
> >
> > I purchased a baby percula for company, in the hopes that the baby would
> > head for home and encourage the larger fish into the anemone. This did
not
> > work, although the two fish did immediately become soulmates, happily
> > dancing around the tank together.
> >
> > Yesterday, while cleaning the tank after a 10 day visit to the US (boy,
does
> > Cleveland get cold!!) I noticed that while all other fish had darted for
> > safety, the clowns were watching the intruding glass scraper with little
> > trepidation, hovering in front of the anemone, almost as if they knew it
> > offered safety.
> >
> > Over the next coupe of hours I gently assisted the purculas (with the
> > newfound 'weapon') in coming to the realisation that the anemone was
indeed
> > the only safe haven for them.
> >
> > They haven't left their new house for more than a few seconds since and
look
> > happy as puppies.
> >
> > Just thought I'd share this.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > The other Chris
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>