Possibly paranoid??? (need answers today)

As I have mentioned before I have 24g nano with 1 ocellaris, 1 formerly bicolor (now monocolor) blenny, and one neon/cleaner goby.
I have just added a large green bubble tip anemone. It was impulsive, I know, but I had a LTA about a yr ago and everything was good. I got a really good deal on this new one (old one died). Well I put it where the old one was (also pretty much the only place there was room) and it expanded and was happy. Then I noticed that it had expanded over my blenny's hole where he lives, but Lenny the blenny was still swimming around so I was like "whatever". Then I come in a bit later and Lenny is in Goby's hole and Goby is nowhere to be found....I freak out. Assumption: anemone ate Goby. I grab the anemone and put him back in the bag he came from (in water of course) and left him sitting in my tank. He has stayed there all night.
Finally I see Goby and realized that he and Lenny were "double bunking" and am not so worried but still fear to put the anemone back in because it upsets the balance.
My plan is to return in today after school, but I want ppl's opinion on whether I'm just being paranoid or if this is a healthy concern I have.
 

flower

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In a small tank a critter has not much room to avoid an anemone. The anemone stretches out its tentacles and waits for a fish to swim into its waiting "arms" and they sting it to death, then eat it.
So your fears are correct, all anemones are fish eaters. Some fish just know to stay clear, others are not so bright.
 
thanks for the reassurance. Lenny the blenny and Goby are both quite intelligent and don't go near the anemone but because it's so big it blocks Lenny's hole and makes him homeless in his own territory. All my fish sleep on that side of the tank so I can't imagine him finding a new home away from the others. Overall I want the anemone to go because it upsets the everyday life of my fish. There were other anemones, maybe I'll just get a smaller one...
 
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