Abandoned anemone

[ctopal]

I have a green carpet that has been home to a large oscellaris for years and years. The clown loved the anemone, always around it, slept in it. A couple months ago I introduced a little oscellaris as a buddy. The female mainly ignored him, he was at the anemone only a few times and found another area of the tank. Now for weeks they've been hanging out and haven't touched the anemone. Will they ever go back to it? If not, I want to get rid of it, it's always eating things I don't want it too. Thanks!

 

[F4talreeefer]

You'll never know. Clown fish are literally clowns. I had one hang out around a rock next to the my anemone for 2 months, then decided he wanted something to do with it one day and started messing around with it. 3 months later it decided it liked hanging by a power head and rarely goes near the anemone.

 

[worm5406]

With the relationship of the clown vs anemone feed/protector sometimes the clown is not threatened or is getting fed enough. Where it does not need to hide in it or even grab/give food to it.

Try feeding a bit less and feed near the anemone (not on it). See if that wil draw it toward it. Plus it's new friend my not be allowed in it.

Personally: I have a female Cinnamon and a male cinnamon. She is the Alpha of the tank. She will not let him anywhere near her LTA anemone. He decided to take up house in a haddoni. They would meet in the middle at times and converse (dance). One day the LTA got a tear in its foot when it moved a rock over it's self and declined until it died.

Now he has this huge home and she was left to venture in the rocks alone, except when they met in the middle. They have been mated for over 2 years.

In the past two weeks she has ventured toward the haddoni and is allowed in it sometimes.

Take a look at my camers (sun up at 1300 eastern and down at 0000 eastern) The slow rise in light may make it hard to see near sun up/set.

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[ctopal]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll give it a little longer.