🐠 Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)
A Deep Red Body With a Single White Headband • One of the Hardiest Clownfish • A Bold, Feisty Reef Favourite
 
📋 A note on identification: the Tomato Clownfish is sometimes confused with the Cinnamon Clownfish (Amphiprion melanopus), since both share a similar single white headband and reddish-orange body, but a true Tomato Clownfish has a uniformly bright red body with no black markings on the sides or belly.
The Tomato Clownfish, also known as the Tomato Anemonefish, Red Clownfish, Bridled Clownfish, or Fire Clown, has a deep, bold red-to-orange body with a single thick white headband edged in fine black. Juveniles display three white bars similar to other clownfish, with the middle and posterior bars fading as they mature into this single-banded adult pattern.
It comes from the Western Pacific, from the Gulf of Thailand to southwestern Palau, north to southern Japan, and south to Java, Indonesia, living symbiotically with the Bubble Tip Anemone in the wild. Every Tomato Clownfish we ship is feeding well.
It's one of the hardiest clownfish available, with a bold, feisty personality, decidedly more territorial than the docile Ocellaris or Percula, and it can become bold and domineering, especially as the female grows larger and establishes her territory. It's fully reef safe, and doesn't require an anemone to thrive, though it may accept a Bubble Tip Anemone if provided. It will challenge other clownfish species and can bully smaller, more passive tankmates, so plan accordingly. It reaches up to 13cm, so plan on at least 115L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Deep Red Body With a White Headband: A bold, iconic clownfish
🔍 A Naming Note Worth Knowing: Often confused with the Cinnamon Clownfish, distinguished by its uniformly red body
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm corals or invertebrates
⚔️ Bold and Feisty: More territorial than Ocellaris or Percula Clownfish
💪 One of the Hardiest Clownfish: A confident, long-lived favourite