pom pom lost nems

[troylong45]

my pom pom lost one of its anenoms i bought it on a inpluse and did not know the carry anenoms around and he has lost one and i read that if they loose them both he will still be ok but i read he may pick up corals and i would like to know if this happens will to coral be ok or would it die for not being in one certain spot cus i know if you move a coral to much it gets stessed and could result in it dieing

 

[Calappidae]

Its more then likely just going to split the other anemone is has.

 

[troylong45]

i have read that as well . but say if it lost the other nem and was nem-less lol i read it will go steal corals as if it was a nem would the coral live on his claws ? i have ducnan coral purple mushroom frag and hammer coral which are all newer to the tank

 

[Raptor72]

Mine lost its nems and replaced them with aptasia for a while. Somehow later on it had found new nems to replace that.

 

[MikeandNicole]

My guy lost his nems about a year ago. He currently carries small aptasia. He has been with us for about 3 years. I have had others in the past carry around zoas. I've never seen one go after duncans, mushrooms, or frogspawn, and I've kept this species since about 2009.

 

[Calappidae]

When they lose their anemones in a reef tank, they become like little decorator crabs with finding and carrying around corals instead. Shouldn't bother anything really. Might pick up a small zoa and tear it in half or just pick up two. Maybe even a small mushroom.

 

[troylong45]

yea thats what im afraid of i bought a mushroom on a frag and it only one and its only about a 1/4 of an inch lol

 

[finsurgeon]

Just like Raptor said above, mine lost their anemones completely, carried other small corals awhile (one had majano anemones for a while), then somehow showed up with the normal variety again, keeping them now for a couple years.

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

Mine lost its nems and replaced them with aptasia for a while.

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