The Nemo I keep now really likes the torch coral.
Its name is Jamo, short for “wild Nemo” in Korean.
Jamo is almost always rubbing against the torch like this. Watching the torch coral tentacles sway while Jamo keeps nestling into them has become one of the small joys of keeping the tank.
A guest was over, and while we were talking about the tank, I mentioned that when the flow pump turns off, the torch coral tentacles freeze in place as if they had been struck by lightning. They were curious, so I turned the flow pump off for a moment.
As soon as the water flow stopped, the torch coral tentacles barely moved, and Nemo stopped too. The way it looked confused, almost like a little fish that had suddenly lost its home, was both cute and funny.