long tentacle anenome hitch hiker problem

[richie1m]

I just purchased a long tenteacle anenome for my maroon clownfish and when I took it home it had a sebae clown hitch hiking. Am I gonna have a problem with two clowns in my tank?

 

[Catchoftheday]

Yes you will have a problem the maroon will kill it . I have never heard of a hitch hiking clown before .

 

[richie1m]

Not good news to me The anenome is pretty big and not even I saw it until I took it out of the bag because she was closed up completely and he's a little guy.

 

[Reefvette]

I almost got a luecokranos in a bubbletip once.

 

[elegance coral]

I got my anemone crab this way.
Are the clowns the same size? How big is the tank they're going in? Are you sure it's a sebae clown and not a clarkii?

If the clowns are different sizes, I'd put one of them in an acclimation chamber, or hamster ball. Then add it to the tank with the other clown, to see how they react to each other. After a day or two, if they haven't tried to kill each other, I'd release the confined clown.

The fact that they are different species does not prove they won't get along. Different species have been found in the same anemone, and they do hybridize. I would proceed with caution though.

 

[richie1m]

They are in a 125 gallon tank and yes sorry about the wrong info its a clarkii. The maroon is a little bigger than the clarkii

 

[elegance coral]

Those can be very hard species to pair up, even with their own kind. Trying to get a maroon and clarkii to pair up will be challenging to say the least. I wouldn't even attempt it without an acclimation chamber.

 

[obscenecreation]

Maroon will prolly bully it but buy a nem and Geri g a clown that is different