A Tale of Two Fishes!

Posted on September 5, 2026 by jjspina

If you have been following my blog you know that we no longer have the 95-gallon fish tank of tropical fish. It was becoming too much work for my husband to maintain.

An underwater scene showing a sea creature with tentacle-like features among pebbles in an aquarium.
Clown & Anemone
A close-up image of a black and yellow striped fish resting among coral and rocks in an aquarium.
A black and yellow clownfish swimming among sea anemone tentacles in a tank, surrounded by colorful pebbles.
A close-up view of a fish camouflaged among small rocks in an aquarium.
Scouter Blennie

We had three fish left in the large tank and transferred them to a much smaller tank. We are now down to two fish because the largest fish, a Maroon Clown fish, sadly drove the yellow Wrasse to his death.

The last fish now swimming with Clown is Scouter Blennie. He is resilient and hopefully will persevere. He has jumped out of the tank three times already when John was cleaning the tank. I think he wanted to get away from Clown who was bothering him.

We had to do something for Clown to keep him happy. The last anemone we purchased for him died. It was time to buy another one – a red anemone.

Clown did not host with it right away but the next day he was happily swimming through and around it. We were thrilled to see him so happy. Now maybe he will leave Scouter Bennie alone.

Most fish will get stung by the anemones but Clown fish are immune to the sting and are attracted to the anemones’ pheromones. Once the Clown hosts with the anemone, they take care of it and protect and feed it. It is amazing to see. They both look quite healthy and happy for the union and so are we.

This much smaller tank is a lot easier to maintain for John and quicker to do. I’m relieved to see him not so tired after cleaning it.

I hope you enjoyed seeing Clown in action. It is quite amazing to watch in action. I guess Clown was just bored with nothing to do all day! Sigh!

Thank you so much for stopping by to read this post and for your continued support. Please come back again soon where something is always brewing at JEMSBOOKS!

Blessings & Hugs! Stay Safe, Stay Well and God Bless!

READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!

Janice Spina aka J.E. Spina

Award-Winning Author

Jemsbooks for All Ages!

Jemsbooks.com

Jemsbooks.blog

Jjspina(at)comcast(dot)net

AMAZON.COM AUTHOR PAGE (All books)

AMAZON.COM JE SPINA NOVELS PAGE

AMAZON.CO.UK

BARNES & NOBLE

Unknown's avatar

About jjspina

Janice is a multi-award-winning author with 50 books: 23 children's books for PS-Gr 4, 12 middle-grade/preteen, four young adult books, all written by Janice Spina, and nine novels, and two short story collections written by J.E. Spina. She is also a writer of poetry, blogger, avid reader, reviewer, copy editor and supporter of her fellow authors. Janice has always loved writing and started young writing poetry, then stories. Her books have received 50 Book Awards and a few finalists awards, and many 5-star reviews from Readers’ Favorite Book Awards and on Amazon. All Janice's books are available on Amazon.com in paperback, eBook and audiobook formates, B&N and other online book sites. Her hobbies are crocheting, sewing, walking to keep fit, hula hooping, tap dancing, going to dinner with her husband, and spending time with family and friends. Janice loves to hear from readers and appreciates reviews. Sign up on her blog http://jemsbooks.blog for updates of her books. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband who is her illustrator and cover creator and two tanks of fish.
This entry was posted in clown fish, fish, Saltwater tank and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

1 Response to A Tale of Two Fishes!

  1. Annette Rochelle Aben's avatar Annette Rochelle Aben says:
    September 5, 2026 at 10:59 am

    here’s to serenity in the tank

    Reply

Leave a Reply