Mocha Storm Clownfish

Description

Mocha Storm Clownfish are stunningly beautiful ocellaris variants. Instead of distinct bands, they display wonderful patterns that are more akin to polka dots. Irregular, orangey brown patches decorate the clowns’ bright white body. The contrasting shades enhance each other. As a result, Mocha Storms are ideal fish for someone after something special in their tank.

Mocha Storm Clownfish Ecology:

Clownfish form strict hierarchies, in which, the dominant fish is female. In the absence of a matriarch, a larger male clown will change gender and also become the new boss. When it is time to lay eggs, the breeding pair will clear an oval shaped space for brood to go. The male Mocha Storm Clownfish take up the job of guarding and fanning the eggs. Success of the brood depends on how attentive the subordinate males were.

Famously, 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 Mocha Storm Clownfish Pair brings in food and keep the Anemone free from parasites.

Clownfish are omnivorous, so they will eat some algae and small meaty foods, such as zooplankton or larvae.

Clownfish: In the Aquarium:

Our Mocha Storm Clownfish do best when fed a varied diet. They will accept frozen Mysis shrimp and 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. We adapt all our Clownfish to aquarium life before they leave us. We focus on their health, and most are eating a good quality flake food and/or pellet, such as JBL Maris, before being offered up for sale.

The Fish pictured here are representative only and the livestock you receive may vary in pattern, coloration, and shape.