Burrowing Maroon clown

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azcummins

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I've never known a clownfish to burrow, but my maroon clown has dug itself and path underneath my live rock. At first I though it was doing it just to make a path through the rock, but every day it keeps digging deeper and deeper. Today I even saw it pickup a rock, swim out of the burrow, then dump the rock away from the hole its been digging. Usually it just moves it tail back and forth real fast to stir up the sand.

This clown doesn't have a mate and I don't have an anemone for it, so any clue on why it keeps digging away underneath my rock?

Below are some pics of the burrow.

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IME maroons are the least "clowny" of all the clowns, they behave much more like damsels. i'd say your fish is just making itself a shelter. enjoy the personality, just make sure he doesnt topple any rockwork
 
I spy a lysmata amboinesis antennae in the background lol. I think the clown is just making itself a home. It is most likely just taking it in as a home because it doesn't seem as though you have a host for it.
 
serafino;1932083; said:
I spy a lysmata amboinesis antennae in the background lol. I think the clown is just making itself a home. It is most likely just taking it in as a home because it doesn't seem as though you have a host for it.
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Actually its the antennae for the cleaner shrimp that is hiding behind the rock.

I don't have a host for it yet, but my nitrates are falling (about 35ppm right now) so once they get down around 20 ppm and I upgrade my lights, I'm going to get a host for him.

Thanks for the feedback!
 
azcummins;1932481; said:
Actually its the antennae for the cleaner shrimp that is hiding behind the rock.

I don't have a host for it yet, but my nitrates are falling (about 35ppm right now) so once they get down around 20 ppm and I upgrade my lights, I'm going to get a host for him.

Thanks for the feedback!
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Ya the scientific name for a cleaner is lysmata amboinensis. I'm trying to use scientific names more often because when you use common a cleaner shrimp to me may be something totally different to you.
 
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