Clownfish are native to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, including the Great Barrier Reef and the Red Sea. Although the distribution of most species is limited, some species are widely distributed. Clownfish live at the bottom of shallow water or on coral reefs.

Habitat in coral reefs and rocky reefs, often with sea urchins or small coral tops. Fish that form small groups to large groups contain algae, copepods and other planktonic crustaceans in their stomachs.

Clown fish do not have high requirements on food. The food of artificially raised clown fish can be relatively simple, such as granular materials, chopped shrimp meat or other omnivorous bait.

It should be noted that some natural astaxanthin should be properly added to the food in the first two months. Spirulina powder can make fish more colorful. Because the domestication time in the breeding farm is relatively short, it is better to add some adults after feeding the food.

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Growth and reproduction

Clownfish is not the only hermaphrodite, but it is one of the few species that can become females and females cannot become males.

Each clownfish colony has a dominant female and several adult males, the latter being hermaphrodite in adolescence. If a dominant woman dies, one of the adult men will undergo hormonal changes and become a new woman. During the spawning period, both men and women have the behavior of protecting nests and eggs.

One end of the egg will have filaments fixed on the stone and hatch in about a week. After floating in the water layer for a period of time, young fish will inhabit natural organisms such as anemones.

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