Products like Boyd’s Vita-Chem and American Marine Selcon would be excellent choices. This will allow time for the frozen food to absorb the vitamins and provide the fish with a little extra help to maintain and boost their natural coloration. As it is defrosting, it would be a good idea to add some additional vitamin supplements to the cup. Simply allowing it to sit out for a minute or two on a counter will sufficiently thaw the food. Heating the frozen food in a microwave destroys some of the vitamin content of the food and should be avoided. The frozen food should be defrosted for a few minutes in a small cup containing some water from the aquarium. Frozen mysis shrimp, plankton, and bloodworms as well as any of the frozen food mixes (example: Ocean Nutrition’s Formula One) are all good choices that should be offered at least once per week. A high-quality, dry, pellet food would be a good standard offering, supplemented by some frozen foods. For all these reasons and more, I always urge hobbyists to purchase captive raised fish whenever possible.Ĭlownfish will usually take to eating just about any food offered. These farm raised fish are hardier because they do not have to survive the rigors of transport from the Indo-Pacific, a lot less disease prone and considerably less aggressive than their wild counterparts, just as colorful, already accustomed to people and prepared foods, and are an environmentally conscientious choice. The other factor that makes Clownfish such a good candidate for a beginner’s aquarium is that a large number of them are currently being bred in captivity. Many times they merely take shelter near a small cave, or live with an artificial anemone, or accept an unnatural surrogate such as a Leather Coral ( Sarcophyton or Lobophytum). Luckily, like I said above, clownfish adapt quite readily to life in the aquarium without an anemone because they don’t need the protection from predators in an aquarium. This is truly appalling given that anemones are nearly immortal in the wild, have a low rate of reproduction, limited distribution, and provide critical protection from predation for Clownfishes in the wild. Currently, there is no guaranteed methodology to succeed in keeping an anemone alive, with most all anemones removed from the ocean perishing in under a year. This close association and tendency for limited travel make them a perfect subject for life in the confines of aquaria. Clownfish are almost always found within the protection of an anemone in the wild, rarely venturing more than three feet from their home. Clownfish are most recognized for their symbiotic association with anemones, although they do not require an anemone to be happy and healthy in captivity. They have an interesting, undulating swimming pattern, bright coloration, a great personality, and grow to a manageable size making them a favorite of all saltwater enthusiasts. These fish are naturally found throughout the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific and make an excellent addition for a beginner’s first marine aquarium. Luckily, Marlin and Nemo are actually very popular and hardy fish that can be cared for relatively easily. They are sold under several common names common Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, false Clown Anemonefish, Percula Clownfish, or false Percula Clownfish, but their scientific name is Amphiprion ocellaris or more casually as the Ocellaris Clownfish. This article is intended to give a beginner some of the basic information on the care and environment required to properly house these types of pets. Young, impressionable children are going to be clamoring for their parents to buy them their very own Marlin, Nemo, and Dory. With all the publicity of Finding Nemo, there is sure to be a considerable amount of interest in aquarium keeping and in particular, the care of Clownfish and Tangs. FINDING NEMO FISH TITIES PRORepublished with permission from Wet Web Media, written by Steven Pro Aquatic | MaCaring for the Fish of Finding Nemo
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