[Funky_Fish14]

Hey everyone,

So I've seen clownfish chase away other fish before, maybe even things like shrimp, that are 'invading' their space. Today I walked into my room and my orange hermit crab was cruising toward their area (he always and only hangs out in the same area the clownfish do, hes only about 3/4" long). The male [black occelaris] clownfish 'swooped down' and gently nudged the hermit crab (it was hanging sideways off a rock) and then 'tail-whipped' a jet of water at it. He bumped it twice more and 'flicked' water at it several more times, eventually knocking it off the rock and moving him about 2" away. The female was supportive of the male's actions (if I can say that? Haha). I just thought it was way cool to see it 'blasting' the hermit with water with its tail.

Anybody else ever seen that? If so please share! Its super cool!

I also have another clown (a large cinnamon clown female that has two males living with her, yes I know the trio is unusual but its been like this for 2 years). Im kind of lazy and that tank has a lot of hair algae. The one place that is totally void of hair algae is the rocks/cave where these clowns live. If there are any clumps of algae growing she will not hesitate to rip them off, carry them out into the current and spit them out (where they end up sitting on the other side of the tank). I thought this behavior was kind of cool too!

Just wanted to share!

Cheers,

Chris