Condylactis anemone strikes again...

[Josh40996]

A few months back, my green tipped condylactis anemone caught and ate a toadstool frag and I made a thread about it here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2384551

Since then the frag and anemone both survived and I haven't had any issues since. Now, my clownfish are not fond of finding a host and prefer to swim around the tank in opposite directions and wrestle when they bump into each other. Recently, they have been alittle more accepting of each other and have been doing a few submission dances here and there. However, there is still no obvious dominate fish.

This AM, I came down to find one of my clowns lay on the bottom breathing heavily and looked pretty out of it infront of the anemone. He could still move about along the bottom of the tank but was unable to swim. Upon further inspection, it appears this his mouth is heavily inflamed on the inside and has a sore on his side behind his pectoral fin. I suspect that the anemone is to blame and has given him a nasty shock as he has tried to "bond" with it. The clownfish pulled himself under the rocks earlier and I have not seen him since, hopefully he will make a quick recovery if he is still alive.

Does anyone have any advice on how I could aid the clowns recovery?

Thanks

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Have you considered getting a new anemone like a bubble tip? It may be a little more forgiving than your current Condy.

 

[D-Nak]

Unfortunately if it is an anemone sting, there isn't much you can do.

Condys are from the Caribbean and are never in contact with clowns, therefore we consider Condys non-hosting species. Rather than risk another incident, you may want to consider removing it. There isn't a way to stop it from happening.

 

[Josh40996]

I didn't think there was much that could be done about the sting.

I have already once threatened to rehome the anemone if another incident occurred, I'd hate to do that. But what must be done must be done, I will have a think about it later.

I have tried two bubble tips in the past but unfortunately both came to an early demise for unknown reasons. The BTAs here are not great, with most heavily bleached and gaping. I am not desperate for an anemone to host clowns, and the clowns seem happy without real estate.

Thanks

 

[JasonD]

Just for the record I had a Marron clown host in my Condy anemone years ago, was pretty cool actually

 

[Josh40996]

Well there is still no sign of the clownfish and the other guy/gal is looking very lost without him. I am beginning to believe that the anemone may have eaten the clown whilst I have been looking away. The loner clown is refusing to move away from the location of the anemone and is fighting off any fish that comes near. I am watching closely for any remains to appear...

 

[Magantea]

Poor clown... :-(