Intentional Generosity?

[gwand]

Field experiments show clownfish actively provide food to their anemone partners

Anemonefish, sometimes called clownfish, have been popular attractions in aquariums ever since Disney's animated film "Finding Nemo" arrived in cinemas in 2003. Living symbiotically with sea anemones that shelter them from predators, the fish drive away organisms that nibble at their hosts...

phys.org

 

[GaryE]

We aren't the only farmers out there. Ants farm aphids, and there are other examples like this. Somewhere on an imaginary forum run by clownfish they could be showing photos of the first Spring anemone.

 

[fishorama]

A clownfish pair & an anemone were always my dream of a someday marine tank. I hoped when my husband retired, he'd take on that project but not yet. It doesn't surprise me that clownfish feed their anemone. It reminds me of how cichlid parents feed their fry. "Here, I'm spewing out some tiny food bits for you".

 

[Uberhoust]

You could view the feeding as home maintenance for the clownfish.