Our First Fishes

We now have our very first fish in the Nano tank!! They are two wild caught Ocellaris Anemonefish, or False Percula Clownfish.

Both are approximately 1 inch long, one is slightly bigger and bolder than the other. I've called the smaller of the two Amber and the larger one Boomerang. They have found a wee corner behind the rocks where Amber mostly stayed yesterday, Boomerang kept darting out and back and that's how he got his name! Clownfish all start off as males and if they find a pair one will turn into a female. The female is usually the larger, more dominant one. Our two seem to get along well at the moment although Boomerang is definitely the boss! I'm hoping they pair and then we might get some baby Nemos!

There's a bit of a thing on the marine fish forums about the name Nemo.... it's a bit like 'he who shall not be named' in Harry Potter! I'm going to ignore it, but just for the record we've not called any of our Clownfish 'Nemo'. We've got a naming system like the American hurricanes. We'll start as A with the 1st fish and work through to Z as best we can.

I've not taken any photos of Amber and Boomerang yet, so here's one off the internet.