Baby Cardinal hosts in H. Mag. Anemone!

[2Sunny]

Just had to share my excitement. Jason from Greenwich Aquaria was here today and noticed something shocking . . . a baby Cardinal fish hosting in my anemone! So far he hasn't been bothered or eaten by the clowns, but I guess we'll see . . . :dance:

and of course for those that haven't seen my tank here's a shot of where they live. . . .

 

[Domboski]

Very cool! Awesome tank too :wink1:

 

[prattreef]

Fantastic Joe!

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Cardinals

Its actually pretty common for banggai to host anemones. The problems is and you will notice that that little guy isnt touching any tentacles. Touchiing equals dinner. They normally host long spine urchins.

Cardinals dont have a slime coat like clowns but they can be very still.

They do host to a degree but they also become food. I had a male and female bangaii pair in my tank that would try to host a mag occupied by my white bonnet clown.

I added a another mag and the bonnet moved over. The female cardinal finally got a chance to host and became dinner.

BTW dont be shy tell everyone about your magnificas..

 

[bigdog1428]

gorgouse tank,,,what size cube is that ??

 

[R27]

beautiful tank, do you have more pictures?

Edit: Found your tank thread.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

cute little baby

 

[bogliman]

Nice Tank! i do hope the baby survives and doesn't get hurt by the bigger fish in your tank.

 

[bigcapct]

Jason is da man!

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[jag10016]

great looking tank and cute baby cardinal!

 

[Reef Reaper]

Very nice, keep the pictures coming! How many cardinals do you have in the tank?