perc's picking at anemone's mouth

[jayjohnson]

I have a mated pair of perc's that hosted with my capet anemone a week ago. They keep picking at the carpets mouth/stomach. Is this normal? I'll send a pic soon.

 

[Shewillbemine]

Yes. They are probably cleaning it (ala making one's bed).

 

[jayjohnson]

I don't think they are making their bed. It looks like they are tearing off pieces of the anemones stomach. The anemones mouth is constantly open.

 

[sfarid123]

That is sign of an nem in distress. You should check Your water parameters for any sign of NH4, NO2, NO3, PO4.
Also check salinity and AlK as well.

 

[ezcompany]

my true perc picassos did that to my nem and killed it in the process. i would isolate the nem for recovery purposes asap.

 

[jayjohnson]

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[littleshark]

Whoa that mouth is big. You need to isolate it. My saddlebacks always dive into my haddoni's mouth when frighten but never sleep in it. How long have u had the anmone? Maybe its changing/ getting use to the water.

 

[adtravels]

eeek, that looks like a very sick anemone, most likely a gigantea, very hard to tell, the only anemones I have seen looking like that have usually been gonners sorry,
I would remove the clowns firstly as they will compound the problem, monitor the anemone carefully if it detaches I would remove it as it will seriously foul your tank.