Need help identifying anemone attacker

[jdellman]

I have seen a few portions of the anemone's arms lying next the anemone, and yesterday I saw a good size portion of an arm, and the arm was brown where it was attached to the anemone. Is there a fish/shrimp that is attacking the anemone? Anything else this could be?

 

[tedr]

Your clowns, if you have any? Have a pair that at one point did bite off some of their anemone's tentacles. They eventually stopped with no harm to the nem.

 

[jdellman]

Of all the fish in there, I doubt it is the clowns as they never go near the anemone!! :lol:

Could it be a cleaner shrimp? It is always hanging around the anemone, even when I moved it, but I never see it bothering the anemone.

 

[traveller7]

Shrimp are opportunistic and have been know to eat anemones. They are certainly on the list of potential culprits.

 

[sarahkucera]

It would probably help if you gave us a list of all verts and inverts in your tank. My long-distance vision isn't what it used to be.

 

[beely]

I've had similar problems b4 with one of my anemones, it had a few pieces of its tenticals seperated on the sand close to itself. the culprit for my issue was from a bristle worm that i found beside it one night. i would say keep a closer eye on the tank during different times of the day. I found my mine at night. goodluck with your hunt

 

[sarahkucera]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11861086#post11861086 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beely
I've had similar problems b4 with one of my anemones, it had a few pieces of its tenticals seperated on the sand close to itself. the culprit for my issue was from a bristle worm .....

Beely,

Bristleworms are detrivores, they will not attack a healthy animal. The bristleworm may have been chowing down on tentacles that had already detached, or it may have been chowing down on damaged or dying tentacles.

 

[beely]

i didnt know that, the tenticals werent detached or decaying in any way b4 hand, but ill pay closer attention to it, if it ever happens agian. thx for the info