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[fishy7]

Ok, I went to my LFS and picked up my fish and polyps.

A few questions:
1) After I placed the anemone in the tank, my peppermint shrimp came and stated to snack

on my long tentical anemone. I am not sure why. Will this hurt him? I moved him to the top of my rocks and the shrimps do not go up there. Is this normal and will he recover? :thinking:
2) My clows are in the anemone and I assume they will keep the shrimp away?

3) I am not sure where the long tenticle anemone is supposed to be but is far up on the rocks? Does he need to be on the SB?

Thanks for all the help!

 

[clown123]

they look like mine lol NICE! go to my new thread im gonna make up now and show ppl. and u will see they look like there worth the $ how they doing?

 

[mr_bill]

Get rid of those shrimp!! Although they eat pest anemones they usually don't stop there if you know what I mean. At night your shrimp will roam the tank more freely and end up killing the nice anemone quickly.

 

[mr_bill]

Moving down your questions... the anemone will move where it wants to be, but I'm sure you've seen that by now.

 

[fishy7]

Thanks Mr Bill,
I will be getting rid of those darn shrimp tomorrow. Any suggestions how to catch? Fish trap? I really do not like those shrimp!
They are doing well and are sleeping now but those darn shrimp are hanging about. They keep getting stung which is pretty funny.
I will keep you posted.

 

[clown123]

so how are they doing they start making a nest yet mine did it there 3rd day? there GORGOUS idk if its spelt rite but u now what i mean.lol

 

[mr_bill]

Originally Posted by FISHY7
Thanks Mr Bill,
I will be getting rid of those darn shrimp tomorrow. Any suggestions how to catch? Fish trap?
Fish trap should work.

 

[fishy7]

UPDATE:
The shrimp succumb to a basic net loaded with food. :hilarious I have 4 in the tank and 3 jumped in with 0 problems.

The last one figured there was an issue and went hiding. ***)
Lights out and he stated attacking my anemone.... The net trick worked like a charm and now there are 0.

The anemone is fully opened and all are happy.

City is safe again.
While I was capturing the shrimp, quite a bit of food spilled in the tank and drifted to the clowns. They picked up some food and brought it back to the anemone and fed it. Really cool to see. Lets hope it continues on this course.
Clown back to your question: The anemone is on top of my rocks so, I do not know how they are going to make a nest? :thinking: The anemone is fully opened and is in a good water flow and about 1 foot from the mh lights. I am not sure where the anemone is supposed to be but he seems very happy where he is.