clown and nem behavior

cap11885

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i have a rbta that my clowns completely ignored. and i just recently made the mistake of thinking some nems are white and i picked up a beautiful snow white looking nem. i did some research and it looks like a sabae the tentacles are the same almost transparent short tube shape with a blotch of color in the tip of course mine is all white with no color. So on to my question. the nem after being placed in the tank climbed down and away from the light (i guess a behavior for bleached nems) and he found himself a home right in the cave my clowns sleep in. i found them what i considered hosting it over night. they were within the tentacles sleeping. the nem still hasn't really opened up its only been in the tank around 36 hrs. but now the clowns are twitching and shaking there tails at the nem they seam almost to nip at it and shove it with there face. there doing it hard and the nem keeps deflating as a reaction. is this a normal behavior? or are they trying to get rid of the nem?

im going to try to feed the nem tommorow. but it looks alot like a sabae so i might have lucked out and my mistake might not be so bad.
 
Clowns can be pretty rough on anemones. I wouldn't worry about that part.
 
I had a RBTA and a pair of clowns for 6 months in a jbj 28 gal. The RBTA sat right in the middle of the tank and the clowns didn't give the time of day. I tried feeding them near the RBTA and everything.Then one night my wife was looking at the tank and said that the RBTA is eating/attacking the clowns... sure enough, just like that, they started hosting.

Sometime it just takes time.
 
the nem hasent gotten "sticky" yet i have been unable to get him to grab any food as of yet. he seams to open up enough but not accepting food yet. i guess ill just keep trying daily untill he acepts it. im not forcing just offering it up. what do you guys think
 
nem isnt looking good his tenticles are getting smaller and his mouth is open :( anything i can do? ive been trying to save him but he isnt sticky so he wont accept food? on a cool note my rtba split last night :)
 
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