marron bite her anemone

[Chinese DNA]

Yesterday, I found my female marron bite her anemone which Chinese name is red-belly. and she didn't open her mouth. then, the anemone became small. why would she bite anemone?

 

[Sk8r]

I think they do this to try to get acclimated to the anemone's sting. They build up their slime coat and become safe in the anemone. Clowns tend to bite and nip, but they will not harm their host anemone. Sometimes too they try to make it move to a place where they want it. Sometimes this works, sometimes not.

 

[dantodd]

Maroons and many clownfish will kill small anemones.

 

[rrome]

>will not harm their host anemone

this is not always the case. Some do, for unclear reasons

 

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

My gold striped maroon clown abused her anemone at first too, including biting some of the tentacles off. She has since settled down and treats her anemone well.

 

[Chinese DNA]

Thank you very much.

To Sk8r: My marron has lived in the anemone for more than two months. I got the anmone in Chinses New Year(spring festival), it is a gift I gave she.
To dantodd: The anemone is very large. if it open at all, it may be 30cm diameter, even 40cm diameter. but my tank is not big enough.

 

[Sk8r]

Probably at that size, it is big enough to withstand the clown's roughness. It may be trying to get it to settle. You might run some carbon to take care of any byproducts of anemone irritation.

 

[Chinese DNA]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7104924#post7104924 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
Probably ........You might run some carbon to take care of any byproducts of anemone irritation.

I am so sorry, my English is very poor. I didn't understand your saying. what mean "run carbon"? carbon= active carbon??? what is "anemone irritation's byproducts". I knew "take care of "="look after", why shall I take care of it? thanks

 

[IslandCrow]

Yes, by "running carbon" he was referring to using activated carbon. I'm not entirely sure what the byproducts he spoke of refer to. The way he used "take care of" actually means that it will "fix or correct " the problem. In other words, the carbon will "take care of" or in this case eliminate the byproducts. Unfortunately, the what that particular phrase means in English depends entirely upon how it is used.

And don't worry, your English is much better than my Chinese. By the way, do you speak Mandarin or Cantonese? I learned a little Cantonese from a friend of mine, but I've forgotten most of it already.

 

[Chinese DNA]

Yesterday,when I got to home, I found that there are so many wounds on the anemone body. one of these wounds is very big. and I saw the maroon continue to bite the anemone when I am far from the tank.
the anemone climb up from the tank's bottem. the wounds is all on the top side of anemone. I suspect that the maroon want the anemone get donw from the glass of tank.
what shall I do now? Take the maroon out and wait the anemone better??? or might as well let they stay on with each other??
thanks

Hi IslandCrow: Can you speak in Chinese? great, I guess you must have come to China. I have been speaking Mandarin and I can say a little Cantonese. Welcome to China again, and come to meet me and instruct me how to keep Clownfish and how to learn English. be looking forward to seeing you

 

[icarus999]

i just got back from beijing last week, great town, my father is still over there teaching at peking university

 

[rrome]

If you leave the anemone in there it will very likely die.

Out of all the options, I would isolate the marron and leave the anemone alone, it has been stressed enough. From your descriptions, I think the prognosis for this animal is not good

 

[Chinese DNA]

To icarus999: I am glad know you, I send a pm to you. Please receive it, thanks.
To rrome: I figure that the marron only want the anemone to get down, she didn't mean to hurt it. But yesterday I didn't go home.
so I don't know What have become of them.