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| My anemonefish is a maroon clown (Premnas biaculeatus). It is of the variety endemic to Sumatra that have the gold bars. This particular fish is an ORA bred (tank raised) clown that has been in my tank now for about 6-7 weeks. My anemone is a rose bulb tipped (Entacmaea quadricolor) that was also tank raised having divided over several generations in an aquarium. The anemone was the first animal (other than snails) introduced to my tank. I bought the clown in hopes (of course) that it would take up with the rose. Not a chance! This "clown" paid absolutely NO attention to the anemone, none. That is until last night. It seemed to take an interest in cleaning it to start with. After about a half hour it started darting in and out of the tentacles as if it had been doing so all along! The anemone never showed any irritation. I expected it would since it had never been given that kind of attention before. Never blinked. Today I came home to the clown happily buried in pink tentacles and the rose nicely inflated. Even over what is likely generations on both sides, mother nature (and my aquarium) wins out. 
So many species, so little money!
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Congratulations!  Did you ever get the chance to try out the anemone/clownfish photo trick, or did they beat you to it?
On a side note, whenever I read about or see photos of this behavior, I desperately want to get my clownfish. I have been holding off as I want tomato clowns, which are quite aggressive, and probably ought to be the last fish added. One more fish to go (a royal gramma) and then its time for a pair of clowns to tickle my BTA. 
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| They beat me to the punch!! Defiantely not complaining though, just happy that their instinct for a symbiotic relationship was strong enough to span the generations. Obviously with the sources of these two animals, instinct is all that could have gotten them together. I like the Tomato clowns too. I've kept them in the past and found that they are not only fairly agressive, but they get relatively large fast. Great fish none the less. I particularly like the skunk clowns as well. For me it was a toss up between the maroon and the skunk. What tipped the scales in the favor of the maroon was stumbling across a juvenile gold barred specimen that was ORA and at a LFS that I really trust. Another interesting observation that I'll continue to pay attention to. For the past 2 nights (since the clown took up residence) the anemone has seemed to expand even more when the lights go out. (Maybe it was afraid of being in the dark by itself.) The bulbs disapear and the tentacles really stretch out nicely. Prior to the clown, there was no noticable difference after dark. When the lights come back on, the bulbs reapear.
So many species, so little money!
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