green carpet trouble

[411cottam]

bought a green carpet anemone 2 weeks ago is it normal for them to shrivel up at times or do they stay expanded we feed it 2x week half silverslide they are also very sticky will cleaner shrimp stick to them and has anyone had false percula clowns host them without being eaten according to the well known book reef secrets they are supposed to host them thanks for your input

 

[thegrog]

OK, what type of lighting do you have on it? They need IT LEAST 5-6 watts of intense MH lighting to survive.
Did you acclimate it properly?
Water parameters?
If everything is good, then it is simply normal anemone behavior to shrink up and expand regularly.
As for your "flase" percs (Ocellairus clown), they most likely are tank raised and may never take to an anemone.....no matter what kind. Don't know why, perhaps something about not being laid and hatched next to an anemone.

 

[seavolcano]

green carpet anemones need Clown fish to help them stay healthy and clean you should always have good clown fish for the anemone they cant survive without clown fish to take care of them, clown fish live without a anemone but the anemone absolutly needs the Clown.

 

[javatech]

NOT!
i have had one for three years and it's
going fine and growing from 1" to over 1.5 '

 

[thegrog]

Originally Posted by seavolcano
green carpet anemones need Clown fish to help them stay healthy and clean you should always have good clown fish for the anemone they cant survive without clown fish to take care of them, clown fish live without a anemone but the anemone absolutly needs the Clown.

That is one of the biggest myths about anemones!!!!!!! They don't NEED a clown, no more than a clown needs an anemone!!!