unsafe or not.

[robin.gordon1]

my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry mushrooms,
as a proxy anemone. they roll on their sides among the furry(?) bits and
lay into the mushrooms at night. when feeding the mushrooms would
occasionally close up like an anemone. has this tricked them into thinking
that these are the real thing. both clowns are relatively young and only
about an inch long and as such I was advised that they would be difficult to
acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.
is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.

Robin

[Richard Reynolds]

> my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry mushrooms,
> as a proxy anemone.

no where near uncommon.

> has this tricked them into thinking
> that these are the real thing.

no this is normal behavior even in the wild

> I was advised that they would be difficult to
> acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.

take the guy at the lfs out back and shoot him
as long as the anemone and clown are apropreate its about as hard aclimating the clowns to
the tank.

> is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
> move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.

watch the mushrooms, the clowns will be fine regardless however the mushrooms *might* take
a beating, take proper action if the mushrooms dislike the behavior.

--
Richard Reynolds

[John Vernier Simon]

As long as they aren't upsetting/harming the coral, ie it is balled up
ALL the time then the behavior is probably ok. Best to keep an eye on
them as some species of mushroom coral/anemones can east smaller fish:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm

"robin.gordon1" > wrote in message >...
> my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry mushrooms,
> as a proxy anemone. they roll on their sides among the furry(?) bits and
> lay into the mushrooms at night. when feeding the mushrooms would
> occasionally close up like an anemone. has this tricked them into thinking
> that these are the real thing. both clowns are relatively young and only
> about an inch long and as such I was advised that they would be difficult to
> acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.
> is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
> move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.
>
> Robin

[RicSeyler]

One of my Percs live in a group of hairy mushrooms.
He does them no harm.. But don't panic of the Clown
gets black splotches on him. Sometimes that can happen
with non-anemone hosts.. My Perc is almost all black along
the bottom.

robin.gordon1 wrote:

>my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry mushrooms,
>as a proxy anemone. they roll on their sides among the furry(?) bits and
>lay into the mushrooms at night. when feeding the mushrooms would
>occasionally close up like an anemone. has this tricked them into thinking
>that these are the real thing. both clowns are relatively young and only
>about an inch long and as such I was advised that they would be difficult to
>acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.
>is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
>move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.
>
>Robin
>
>
>
>

--
Ric Seyler

[Steve \Srfmon\]

And what are the blackblotches from?
Steve

"RicSeyler" > wrote in message
...
> One of my Percs live in a group of hairy mushrooms.
> He does them no harm.. But don't panic of the Clown
> gets black splotches on him. Sometimes that can happen
> with non-anemone hosts.. My Perc is almost all black along
> the bottom.
>
> robin.gordon1 wrote:
>
> >my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry
mushrooms,
> >as a proxy anemone. they roll on their sides among the furry(?) bits and
> >lay into the mushrooms at night. when feeding the mushrooms would
> >occasionally close up like an anemone. has this tricked them into
thinking
> >that these are the real thing. both clowns are relatively young and only
> >about an inch long and as such I was advised that they would be difficult
to
> >acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.
> >is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
> >move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.
> >
> >Robin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Ric Seyler
>
>

[RicSeyler]

Dunno, Boomer helped a couple of us out that thought we had
sick Clownies.

Steve "Srfmon" wrote:

> And what are the blackblotches from?
> Steve
>
>"RicSeyler" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>>One of my Percs live in a group of hairy mushrooms.
>>He does them no harm.. But don't panic of the Clown
>>gets black splotches on him. Sometimes that can happen
>>with non-anemone hosts.. My Perc is almost all black along
>>the bottom.
>>
>>robin.gordon1 wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>my two juvenile clowns have suddenly taken a liking to my furry
>>>
>>>
>mushrooms,
>
>
>>>as a proxy anemone. they roll on their sides among the furry(?) bits and
>>>lay into the mushrooms at night. when feeding the mushrooms would
>>>occasionally close up like an anemone. has this tricked them into
>>>
>>>
>thinking
>
>
>>>that these are the real thing. both clowns are relatively young and only
>>>about an inch long and as such I was advised that they would be difficult
>>>
>>>
>to
>
>
>>>acclimatise to an anemone and so not to bother buying one.
>>>is this behaviour ok to let continue or should I buy an anemone or maybe
>>>move the mushrooms to another part of the tank.
>>>
>>>Robin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>Ric Seyler
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

--
Ric Seyler