carpet anenome help!

[Hendersonracing]

I bought a large carper anenome for my clownfish..... I woke this morning turned the lights on and it was catching them and trying to eat them? Will this guy eat my fish? I took him out and put him in my refugium until I decide were to put him or sell him??

 

[Mariner]

Re: carpet anenome help!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14277844#post14277844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hendersonracing
I bought a large carper anenome for my clownfish..... I woke this morning turned the lights on and it was catching them and trying to eat them? Will this guy eat my fish?

Yes!
From the WetWebMedia article: "ALL Carpet Anemone species are fish eaters... and MAY consume novel Clowns and all other fish life... even hapless motile invertebrates... You have been warned. "

Mariner

 

[bwest]

Re: carpet anenome help!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14277844#post14277844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hendersonracing
I bought a large carper anenome for my clownfish..... I woke this morning turned the lights on and it was catching them and trying to eat them? Will this guy eat my fish? I took him out and put him in my refugium until I decide were to put him or sell him??

This is a very vague description. Were the clowns gone? I'm sure if it really wanted to eat your clowns, that they would have been gone before you could do anything.

What makes you think it was 'trying' to eat them?

 

[Hendersonracing]

I turned the lights on and 4 of the baby clowns went by the carpet and it pulled them in...I was there to hurry and grab the little guys out before it ate them...They were covered in white from front to back and still are? will these eat bigger fish?

 

[bwest]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14277911#post14277911 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hendersonracing
I turned the lights on and 4 of the baby clowns went by the carpet and it pulled them in...I was there to hurry and grab the little guys out before it ate them...They were covered in white from front to back and still are? will these eat bigger fish?

Hmm. Do you have any pictures of the anemone? Do you know what kind of carpet it is?

 

[Hendersonracing]

it looks just like this

 

[AquaReeferMan]

If clowns get spooked into a carpet without acclimating to it there is a large chance they will get eaten. Its happened to me before with Ocellaris clowns. I lost power and the clowns dove into the nem. I wasent able to pull them out either. The largest fish my haddoni pulled in was a 6" Blue Throat Trigger.

 

[Hendersonracing]

oh my...ok so I'll have to get rid of this guy...I've had my fish for a long time!

 

[bwest]

Wow, beautiful anemone and clowns!

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

When you say.."It looks just like this" are you saying that isn't your anemone or clowns?

 

[Hendersonracing]

I didnt take a picture of it...I bought if from Foster and Smith and it arrived yesterday....I pulled that picture off another forum...Im wondering If I put It into my main system with bigger fish that have been in the system for a while if it will be ok If I kept it well fed?

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Keeping it well fed won't keep your anemone from eating your fish. It just won't digest the fish enough , so when ever it spits the remains out, you will be able to ID the fish it tried to eat.

 

[Hendersonracing]

your kidding right?I see these in alot of tanks? whats the deal are they that bad?

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

I wouldn't worry, they don't go out hunting for your fish. If your fish aren't sand or rock dwellers they can avoid being eaten. Some get caught when they aren't healthy, at night if they can't see the anemone or spooked and run into the anemone.

 

[Mariner]

I notice in the picture that the clowns are Saddleback clowns. These are the best with carpet anems, IMO.

I think that a carpet is capable of eating just about any fish we keep in our reef tanks. However, many fish learn not to go near it. These are the fish that you see in pics swimming in tanks with carpets
Mariner

 

[Hendersonracing]

so what do youall think should I sell him or put him in the big tank? I have a dragon goby he is the smallest fish in the tank?

 

[OrionN]

Carpet will kill tangs that are very big. If you keep clowns that are nature symbiot of the carpet, they will be fine.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

I have a pair of saddleback clowns with mine. My female is about 5 inches. She will keep the larger fish away from it. The smaller fish on the other hand dont get a very good treatment. She will catch fish and just put them into the anemone. Its a wild sight. Ive lost a decent amount of fish over 3+ years but its usually due to the clowns. Its a love, hate relationship.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I have to be a rare case when it comes to keeping Haddonis. In the 9 years that I have been keeping them I have only lost two fish - YWG and Mandarin. Two of them are in one tank -- only one is hosting clowns (( pink skunks )) and the other one (( different tank )) is hosting a pair of Clarkiis. Neither of the pairs have ever tried to pull other fish into the Haddoni.

 

[Hendersonracing]

Im not sure what to do? I have him right now In my refugium and a black clown is hosting in him....Thats the only fish I have in there..I have some very large tangs and would hate for anything to happen to them.