{"product_id":"tangerine-clownfish-amphriprion-ocellaris-tank-bred","title":"Tangerine Clownfish, Amphriprion Ocellaris","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product_overview content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"overview-content product_content_bottom_details_mobile\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card__header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"label-inline\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn nature, Clownfish form strict hierarchies, where the dominant fish is female. In the absence of a matriarch, a larger male clown will change gender and become the new boss. This is protandrous hermaphroditism. When it is time to lay eggs, the breeding pair will clear an oval shaped space for brood to go. The male Tangerine Clownfish take up the job of guarding and fanning the eggs. Success of the brood depends on how attentive the subordinate males were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamously, Clownfish share a symbiotic relationship with anemones. The Anemones offer the clownfish protection against predators. This is so, because anemones have stinging cells called nematocysts. Clownfish have protective mucus coats, which prevents the host from stinging them. In return, the Clownfish brings in food and keeps the Anemone free from parasites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClownfish are omnivorous, they will eat some algae and small meaty foods such as zooplankton or larvae.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey will accept frozen Mysis\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abyssaquatics.co.uk\/product\/pe-mysis-cube-113g\/\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003eand enriched frozen brine shrimp. They will also devour live foods, such as copepods and amphipods, that can be cultivated in attached refugium. Over time they will accept high-quality pellet and flake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"label-inline\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"label-inline\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor further information on keeping Marine fish please follow this link below\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ornamentalfish.org\/what-we-do\/advice-information\/care-sheets\/caresheets-marine-fish\/\" title=\"Information\"\u003ehttps:\/\/ornamentalfish.org\/what-we-do\/advice-information\/care-sheets\/caresheets-marine-fish\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product_cross_sells content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Reef Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224999899511,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/7624\/1405\/files\/DSC_0328.jpg?v=1763819527","url":"https:\/\/www.thereefexperience.com\/products\/tangerine-clownfish-amphriprion-ocellaris-tank-bred","provider":"The Reef Experience","version":"1.0","type":"link"}