NEW anemone crab!

[robbo]

Hi all, I have a 4ft reef which has a plate sized anemone with a pair of clowns, I recently bought an anemone crab to share the anemone with the clowns, the clowns didn't appreciate the intruder so I got a fist sized white anemone with pink tips and relocated the crab, everytime I do this the next morning he is back in with the clowns and getting harrassed, how can I get him to stay in HIS anemone? please any help would be great, I don't think he will last nearly as long as he should if he keeps getting nipped and harrassed by the clowns.
thanking you muchly in advance

 

[The steven liu]

I think those anemone porceline crabs are very stubborn creatures. We have 6 different anemones in our store all in one tank. The crab chooses to share the largest bubbletip with a pair of maroon clown and getting beat up every night. It has already lost one of its claws but is determined to stay. I suspect they like the largest anemone there is in the vecinity since the bubbletip is the largest. But I don't have solid evidence to support my hypothesis.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Maybe they're just masochists and enjoy a good beating