Clowns "sucking" on carpet anemone?

[Kdocimo90]

Well about a week ago i got a carpet anemone... I acclimated it and it all went into the tank fine... I have a pair of GSM clowns... I honestly doubted that any of them would get even close to it... Fortunately the small one did... he would swim through in and in it, and oddly would kinda slam his head into the anemone's mouth... He also would suck (i dont think bite) on the tentacles of the carpet.

Just today the bigger (female) clown was joining in with the smaller one, playing with the carpet anemone... I was actually amazed because i really didnt think the female was going to go near it.... anyways, the female clown was doing just the same as the smaller one and was sucking on the tentacles.. i now can notice the female clown has a pale red mouth now, which can see quite clearly..

Should i be worried about this, and should i be worried about the clowns "sucking" on the tentacles... or is it fine that they are sucking it and the female will just adjust/adapt to it.

 

[unbreakable]

its fine that theyre "sucking" it, as long as theyre not shredding the tentacles. no one knows what the reason is that they do this, some think its because theyre trying to build an immunity to the stings

 

[Kdocimo90]

ok.. very interesting... thank you

 

[pree]

I had a pair of false percs and then a pair of maroons hosting an lta. They used to slam onto the mouth of the anemone if its mouth started gaping even a bit due to some reason. They bit on the tentacles too. Never hurt the nem.