Ahhhh....Dominance

The clownfish are cute together. Zeus (the male clown) won't stray more than a few inches from Rose (the anemone) without Hera (the female clown) with him. He spends most of his day rubbing against the anemone, enclosed between her little arms, like this:


But Hera goes all over the tank on her own. But sometimes, it seems to us that Hera takes up the entire anemone, not allowing Zeus in. When that happens, Zeus just flutters around the outside of the anemone, rubbing against the outside of the anemone, kind of waiting for a chance to get in again. It is kind of sad since Zeus is the one who feeds Rose, not Hera. Zeus brings little pieces of shrimp in his mouth to Rose and spits it at her mouth - very cute. He is much more of a "caretaker" than she is. I mentioned this to Phollower who responded "huh." I wonder if he is trying to say something.