clownfish hosting eel?

[chedderbob78]

I have a yellow stripe maroon clownfish and tried getting it to host about 3 anemones but it seems to be so rough immediately and the anemone doesn't acclimate and dies. Now I have a zebra moray about 3 feet long. At night he curls up under a rock and the clownfish sleeps right in the middle with him. Is it possible he is trying to host it or something. I'm noticing they are together a lot more even during the day. He also shows similar activity as hosting such as rubbing against the eel and almost looks like he is playing with him.

 

[deangelr]

Unfortunately, I would guess this is aggressive behavior.. and not playing.

 

[chedderbob78]

Wouldn't the eel get aggressive back. He seems perfectly fine with it. Also to the first part, is it common for clowns to be to rough with anemones and kill them?

 

[J2T]

Yes, they can. I have heard that maroon's specifically can overly 'love' on an anemone so you always want to have a nem that is a good bit bigger than the fish.