Anemone ATE my Maroone!

Solisimo · 12-31-2007, 06:39 PM

I left to house sit for a friend on Fri. Both my tanks were doing great (6Gal) and (72gal)

In my 6 I had a marone clown and a purple tip Anemone Thats it.

On sunday I came to the house to feed my tanks the Marone was missing. Its a 6gl so I checked to see if he swam in the filter but he was not there. I noticed the Anemone was twice as big as usual. We'll to make a long story short I get home today to find skin and bones of the marone in the tank.

Now the Anemone is back to its normal size but it has like a big flabby pouch hanging off of it.

Everyone was telling me the marone had died and I just didnt remember, I thought I was going crazy!!

Has anyone ever heard of an Anemone eating a marone?

aquaboy · 12-31-2007, 06:43 PM

Sorry for your loss

Maybe you didnt feed your anenome enough and it didnt have enough light?

Solisimo · 12-31-2007, 06:49 PM

I have the 6 gal nano cube, With the light it comes with. I'm not sure the watts

I feed the tank every 2 days. I alternate between cyclopeeze and reef plankton.

Thanks for the quick reply!

ziggy222 · 12-31-2007, 06:56 PM

maybe it was the wrong kind of anemonee

baugherb · 12-31-2007, 07:00 PM

Sounds strange to me, but anything is possible. Sorry for you loss............

cuttingras · 12-31-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ziggy222

maybe it was the wrong kind of anemonee

I agree with Ziggy....that kind of anemone is a type of condylactis or haitian reef anemone and they don't host. Go to Jamaica and look at the anemone's in the ocean, they're huge but clownless. My maroon tried to host with it one time and it hid from him until the anemone died. Shriveled up to nothing. Get your clown a real anemone, like a bubble tip...You wanna see a clown go crazy? Mine is currently trying to host with my finger leather...I say whatever works for ya little guy LOL

I am though sorry for your loss!!

baugherb · 12-31-2007, 07:24 PM

Sounds crazy cuttingras!!! My clown would swim by mine but never rub on it.. Maybe that's why their called clownfish...

ziggy222 · 01-01-2008, 04:06 AM

i don't think theres clowns where those anemonese come from so they did'nt have that instinct to host the clown.theres nothing you could of done.sorry for your loss.if you add another clown maybe a different kind will know not to get friendly with that anemonee.they'll host in anything if they have to, like gsp,toadstools,patches of xenia.my clown feeds the xenia thinking its an anemonee lol.

Camilsky · 01-01-2008, 04:38 AM

sorry! For your loss! As far as I've read, such a thing may happen when:
1. clown fish is ill.
2. it losses its immunity for the toxins secreted by anemone and therefore is regarded as a snack. I found this "revelations" in one of the research papers investigating the nature of the immunity of Amphiprion family towards different anemones.

Nemo 22 · 01-01-2008, 06:59 AM

yea that is very true those anenomes are not for hosting.some rare cases they do.someone here di it once just fine.but they arent.thats wy they are so cheap to buy