Anemone rejecting clown?

jferrier

Member
The BTA I've had for almost 3 years now is moving around , has stopped eating, and is looking really awful since I added a new clown. My local LFS owner told the anemone has rejected the clown and that the anemone would likely die based on the description I gave her. At first I thought it was splitting, but its been 2 weeks and its declining quickly.
I've heard of clowns not accepting anemones, but never the other way around. Anyone heard of this before?
 

jferrier

Member
I didn't think that sounded likely either. I've been feeding it a small piece of raw shrimp at least once a week since I got him, and occasionally I target feed some frozen (thawed first) brine shrimp.
 

bang guy

Moderator
The Anemone might be slowly starving. Has it been able to capture a lot of leftover food from fish feedings? I would think after 3 years it would be large enough to require 4 or 5 whole Lancefish or Large Krill 2 or 3 times a week.
Bang
 
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