Too much clown love??

[Chameleon Bob]

I got yellow stripe clown and a condi/pink tip anemone, and the clown will keep picking and rubbing it till the anemone lets go. Then the clown will bite a tentacle and drag it behind the rock. Anyone ever have a similar experience? With the condi being photosynthesis it's not doing him any good behind the rock. should I separate the two some how?

[Chameleon Bob]

Never mind the clown killed the anemone.

[zhenya]

Hi there,

I hope you realize that Condylactis gigantea anemone is not one of the ten anemones that clownfish accept as a host anemone. It is possible to have some of the clownfish to accept it as a surrogate host but it is a tricky poposition.

To learn more about anemones and the clownfish that they are hosting check out his article.

Anemone fishes and their host sea anemones

[Chameleon Bob]

Hey Gene

I've always heard that and expected my clown to be either dinner or stung to death on the sand. And for some reason this clown has out lasted 3 condi's and every time the condi hosted him just fine. The fist one got attacked by red legged hermits, the second got crushed when the live rock toppled over during a cleaning and now this one he killed by dragging it around the tank. I'm going to buy bulb anemone next time, is there a chance he could the same? I know it's up to the clown fish but have you heard this before?