They were four Oscellaris Clowns... and yeah, I'm sure the two went in there on their own. Unless.... those damned Yellow Tangs tricked them in. Those boys hang out with the rough crowd.
If you have a tank without anything that threaten the clowns, they will slowly get into the anemone. Initially they slightly touch it, then more and more. They will be fine. If the the clown got scare and dove right into the Haddoin, this is where they make their fatal mistake. Often when they just got release into the tank, the clown got eaten.Yeah but how do you keep your clowns around an anem like this long enough for them to acclimate without having the anem hulk out on your fish?
I am not sure about slime coat, but clowns do have some unknown methods to keep anemones firing their nematocystsThanks, Orion. We were dont at the LFS and an tank builder came in. We talked with him and he said the same thing, true percs have a slime coating and the Oscellaris don't really. So the true percs do much better with the carpets. The LFS took the anemone back and gave us a credit. Lesson learned. :beer:
Those anemones are known fish eaters.I would take it back and try a H mag or a rbta.They are safe for your clowns.
I had a green striped haddoni eat 3 black ocellaris. Haddoni's can pack quite the punch that's for sure. My solution was to get rid of the nem. I liked my fish better.