Haitian Reef Anemone EATS ITS MAROON CLOWN HOST!!!!!!!!!!

**GoWild** · 07-16-2012, 06:53 PM

The other day I asked a pet store clerk about ideas on how and what to feed my anemone, because I was tired of using a syringe and sticking my whole arm in the tank, asked her about silversides and why they're bad.

She suggest that I could try plump fw fish because there not the feeder fish that are... just that malnourished feeder fish as someone else does that. She gave me a molly to try cause someone dropped a bunch off.

It ate it. two to three days later my maroon clown is gone and the anemame has moved to the other side of the rock. He has never moved the entire time I had him. I A. need to feed him more, or B. get rid of him cause I don't want him to eat my other fish. This SW stuff is trial and error for sure!

**GoWild** · 07-16-2012, 06:54 PM

I suppose I should add that the clown has hosted and protected the anamen since day one and its been about 3-4 weeks since I have had them both

**Fish_Bone** · 07-17-2012, 03:13 AM

That is truly wild!!! I can't believe that it freaking ate the clown fish!

Sorry to hear that it happened.

**GoWild** · 07-17-2012, 05:09 AM

Yeah, it's BS LOL Hope the red legged crabs don't get it now that the maroon clown isn't there to protect it. He was a mean clown too. which don't vibe with with the 5 other peaceful fish I have in the tank. Oh well. I need to find out if I feed it more if it will leave other fish alone. I haven't been feeding it silversides cause I read it's bad. But I can't have him eating my fish either.

**Old Marine** · 07-17-2012, 07:48 AM

I know nothing about Salt Water, but that is very interesting post, I thought Clown fish and Anemone loved each other.

**smaug** · 07-17-2012, 10:08 AM

Yep,that's the sort of thing that happens in sw reefkeeping. Ya just don't hear of fw incidents like that! Nothing like"my sword plant ate my angelfish" lmao.

**Old Marine** · 07-17-2012, 10:14 AM

Thats Tooooooooooooooo Funny

**Cliff** · 07-17-2012, 12:28 PM

Aggressive anemones like yours will eat almost anything it can fit into it's mouth. My carpet anemone (which is said to be just as aggressive as your condy) has eaten many snails and all of my peppermint shrimp. If my clown fish were not fully matured and grown, I'm sure the anemone would have eaten at least one of them by now as well

(IMO) This is to be expected when the anemone starts to grow getting closer to it's fully matured size, Condys are also said to like to move around the tank a lot, just as much (if not more) than RBTAs.

What size of tank do you have him in right now ?

**Hpimichael02** · 07-18-2012, 12:34 AM

i have also heard the condys dont like hosts becuase they are pacific ocean anemones which there are no hosts, this is why its natrural for a clown but not for that condy. that's why i gave mine back.

**GoWild** · 07-18-2012, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by Cliff

What size of tank do you have him in right now ?

He's in my 72. He's on the right side pretty much on the bottom of the tank attached to the same rock the whole time. I read your article about anemones, mainly the feeding part and it was 6 of 1, half of dozen of the other as far as how often to feed him. I feed him every few days or so.

One thing too was he was white with the pink tips when I first got him, but since I've had him he pretty much stays an off white color. Still inflated, eats, poops, etc. But yeah, that motha trucker ate my f-in fish. LOL