Tomato clownfish

Care at a glance

The tomato clownfish is a deep orange-red with a single white bar behind the head; adult females turn darker and grow large, while males stay small and bright orange. In the wild it lives with bubble-tip anemones, but in the aquarium it manages perfectly well without one.

It is hardy and easy, but over the years the female in particular becomes quite dominant: she defends her corner fiercely against other fish and sometimes against your hand. Keep it as a pair in a spacious tank and do not add other clownfish species.

Good to know

• Territorial

Best not combined with

• Ocellaris clownfishAmphiprion ocellaris
• Percula clownfishAmphiprion percula
• Maroon clownfishPremnas biaculeatus
• Skunk clownfishAmphiprion akallopisos
• Pink skunk clownfishAmphiprion perideraion
• Orange skunk clownfishAmphiprion sandaracinos
• Saddleback clownfishAmphiprion polymnus
• Cinnamon clownfishAmphiprion melanopus

Related species

• Clarkii clownfishAmphiprion clarkii
• Tomini tangCtenochaetus tominiensis
• Ribbon eelRhinomuraena quaesita
• Scopas tangZebrasoma scopas
• Convict tangAcanthurus triostegus
• Snowflake eelEchidna nebulosa