Host’s mobility indirectly affected the ratio of egg maturation in clutches and hence maturation rate was decreased in clutch when the host distance increased from the nest site.
This might be due to the poor fanning ability of parent fishes.
In some cases, residents stopped fanning which resulted in the decaying of total egg mass. Migration of host anemones more than 60 cm from the clutches could cause a maximum loss of egg development.
Large anemonefishes do not always find shelter within tentacles of their host anemone and they will often seek shelter in a crevice or crack somewhere near the anemone (Allen, 1972; Fricke,
1974; Moyer and Bell, 1976) as this habitat may help the residents to protect their eggs in due course on host’s mobility.