Animonies

[Fish Friendly]

I have a Animonie and he or she is not doing well I think i have an idea what the problem is but not shure i think my colwn doesnt leave it alone enough to eat , have any sajestions and how would i know if its dead or if it is save able?

[oscar89]

You will know when it is dying as it will start to fall apart. When I lost one it had white chucks falling off and then the entire tank was cloudy.

Is it attached to something? What are you feeding it?

[Zooid]

If your clown is too rough with it, you should separate the two until the anemone can handle all the attention. What kind of light do you have it under?

[tkeracer619]

We need pics and specifics. Such as, its a small bubble tip anemone with a 5" maroon clown ect ect.

The lighting

and the water params. <- Yep its time to break out a test kit.

Also I am in golden, if you need some help let me know.

[Fish Friendly]

It IS a bubble , and the clown is yellow with white stripe down its back i beleve it is called a skunk clown
and he is still hanging on to the side of the rock and i am feeding it Krell and brian shrimp he is in what i call a med flow area but
that clown wont leave him alone and knocks the food out of its mouth have any ideas should i get another so he(the clown will not just bother this one?

[Fish Friendly]

It IS a bubble , and the clown is yellow with white stripe down its back i beleve it is called a skunk clown
and he is still hanging on to the side of the rock and i am feeding it Krell and brian shrimp he is in what i call a med flow area but
that clown wont leave him alone and knocks the food out of its mouth have any ideas should i get another so he(the clown will not just bother this one?

[tkeracer619]

Great thing about clowns is they are easy to catch. Remove it from the anemone untill it is able to handle the clown.

Also I would feed silversides and mysis. Krill is probably fine but I would get the others to see how it takes to them.

What are your lights?

[oscar89]

I have 5 RTBA's in my tank and the clowns only hang around one RBTA. It is like the others don't even exist. Zooid's idea to keep the two seperated might work.

[Fish Friendly]

Thank you i will set up another tank this weekend and get it going
i have a nano but have never used it should prove interesting!!!!
Thank you for youre advice

[Fish Friendly]

treacer619 you have a pm

[Zooid]

Another quick way to keep them separated would be to make a 5 sided box out of eggcrate and put it over the anemone. I wouldn't do this unless I had the anemone under metal halides though, it might cut out too much light from PC's or VHO's.