Clown fish/ Anemone?

[WRASSER]

How can I stop my clown fish from bitting the anemone? It is keeping the anemone from opening up.

 

[Anonymous]

How can I stop my clown fish from bitting the anemone? It is keeping the anemone from opening up.

:?: That's strange. Is that particular clown a natural host with that anemone?

 

[WRASSER]

Yes, she has hosted the anemone for a year. The anemone was about 18'' accross and now it is about 8'' accross. I have been working on the tank to try to get it to open with no avil, but I have been noticing that she sucks the tenticles in and holds them in her mouth for a while, then spits them out.

 

[gregb1]

Put the clown in the fuge.

 

[WRASSER]

I dont have a fuge, great idea though. Even if I did this She would bite it again after I put it back in. :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

They usually do this when they are getting 'accquainted' with the anemone, not after a long time. Were they separated recently?

 

[WRASSER]

No never, I dont know if the stress from two hurricanes and moving from a 55 to the 150. Do you think this will effect them to do it?

 

[WRASSER]

If I add another anemone will that help the problem or I am thinking that nothing changes, maybe I have two that go smaller.

 

[WRASSER]

these are the anemones in each tank, I know that the tanks sizes could give the illusion of the size and maybe a little , but this is the size difference.