Dance of the Clownfish

Clownfish can be found in abundance throughout the year in Hong Kong. During the summer months these feisty little fish become very aggressive to divers since they are protecting their nest. Often times they will swim upwards to nibble at divers and dance around creating aggressive defensive displays. See the following video we took recently on a dive at Port Island in August 2014.

When they are not protecting nests they usually stay within the soft corals that they live in. Here is a photo of some Clowns we found during a dive at Port Shelter in October 2013.

 

Here we can see how shy and unaggressive these beautiful fish are during non-protective months.

 



And again these Clowns are just enjoying their environment and not particular fussed by oncoming scuba divers.