help with bangai cardinals

[briangg57]

I bought 2 really nice bangai cards and I put them in last night. I'm concerned because they hang around my RBTA and even touch it sometimes. A couple of fins look like they were burned by it. Are they suicidal or are the immune and coming down with fin rot? My damsel chased them a few times but I can't say that they are really being harassed.

 

[Peter Eichler]

I've heard of this before with Bangai Cardinals but have never witnessed it first hand. I've even seen some photos of them in very close vicinity to anemones in nature and they are know to swim among the tentacles of various anemones in nature. I wouldn't worry much about it since it's quite natural, perhaps they're just pretending it's their sea urchin like clowns can subsitute corals and a plethora of other things for an anemone.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Juveniles will host in anemones.

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12515278#post12515278 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LobsterOfJustice
Juveniles will host in anemones.

I don't believe it's exclusive to juveniles and adult pairs will often be found associated with a host anemone.