I purchased a pair of tomato clowns and put them in my DT after their quarantined time in QT. Eating well. Everything going well and 9 hours layers , as I am watching, the clown started jerking quickly and then suddenly want stiff and still. After about 30 seconds the flow pushes the fish out and it goes head first into a hole in the rock below. I pulled him out and it floated down to the sand and did not move. I left it for 5 mins and nothing. Pulled it out. Parameters good. Any thoughts?
Anemone kill a clown?
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hotelbravo
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it would help if we knew which type of anemone your referring to. some anemones do not possess a powerful enough sting to actually kill any healthy fish despite popular belief. one example is the Bubbletip Anemone who is not a predator and instead feeds on particles in the water column and waste excreted by their resident clownfish (even though people feed them in captivity its not their natural way of eating)
Winwood
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I don't believe that the anemone in this photo is actually H. magnifica. It's hard to tell from one snapshot what actually happened, but one could speculate that this may be evidence of a BTA preying on fish in the wild.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/p...-striped-high-res-stock-photography/128123056
ThRoewer
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I agree, that isn't a magnifica. It's most likely a BTA. Could also be a crispa.
If that picture wasn't staged I would almost suspect that butterfly was killed by the clown when it tried nipping on the anemone. Bicinctus can be nasty.
addictedreefer
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Your BTA did not kill your clown. Look for other causes.
hotelbravo
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hotelbravo
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If that is a bta and it actually killed that fish than it is the bta version of superman
Winwood
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Very possible. I had a large female chrysopterus that routinely tried to drag fish into her anemone such as anthias, chromis, gobies etc.. :angryfire:
ThRoewer
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Two weeks is almost like no quarantine at all. Minimum should be 8 weeks.
BTW: BTAs are a natural host for tomato clowns. Also they don't pack a punch like any of the carpets. An anemone fish would need to be extremely weak and without its protective slime coat to get stung and killed by a BTA.
