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10/18/2009, 10:32 AM
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What's up with my clownfish?
Hi everyone,
My clown and Yellow Watchman are acting a bit odd. You can see from the pictures what I'm talking about. The two of them are together almost all the time like this. The clown even leans over and rests the side of his body on the goby. The goby seems quite comfortable with this. He no longer stays in his burrow. I'm wondering if my clown thinks he's a pistol shrimp  or if he is hosting the goby? Could he have just decided to be the goby's protector?
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10/18/2009, 10:39 AM
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thats awesome
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10/18/2009, 10:41 AM
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the clown has adopted your YWG as its mate by the looks of things. I had a tomato clown in my tank a little while back (***** bit me too much, off to the LFS!) and she would go hover around my YWG and lean against him. He didn't seem to mind after a while.
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10/18/2009, 10:42 AM
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LOL there buddies now clowns are goofy fish guess thats one of the reasons they call em clown fish
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10/18/2009, 10:51 AM
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Funny thing is the male clown is always just a few inches above the female as she lays on the YWG. Now I'm feeling sad for this poor unloved male that has to watch his love playing around with "another man".
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10/18/2009, 10:55 AM
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Neat. There is a snake at some zoo I remember seeing the video of. They fed it mice all the time, but one mouse became its friend. The mouse had been buddying up with it for over a year at that point. In the east, they would refer to this as a predestined relationship or karmic relationship due to a past life interaction. Sounds as good as an explanation as any.
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10/18/2009, 11:13 AM
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LOL! I guess anything is possible.
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10/18/2009, 11:17 AM
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I got FIRST DIBS on babies!!!
Kool pic.
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10/18/2009, 11:41 AM
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That's pretty awesome.
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