Size of anenome and clown

[kattsue]

Will a clown hurt an anenome that is not much larger than the clown? (2" anenome and 1 1/2" clown)

 

[osprey3883]

Maroons can be rough on their hosts.
What type of nem and clown are we talking about?

Matt

 

[kattsue]

BTA and Clarki.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Clarkii's can be rough on them too. For that size clown I would want the BTA to be around 5" across.

 

[kattsue]

What should I do? Is he going to hurt the anenome?

 

[garygb]

If the anemone is staying closed up or not looking healthy and fluffy, then you might need to separate the two until the anemone grows. Pics?

 

[marc price]

i'd leave them be and encourage growth by feeding the anemone a piece of table shrimp or fresh fish (about the size of it's mouth), every 2nd - 3rd day. take the time to keep the clownfish and any ornamental shrimp or spider crabs from reaching in and taking it's morsel. peppermint and cleaner shrimp, etc., will reach into the mouth after it closes and pull out the morsel of food, they'll do the same with fungia plates. a well fed bta will grow relatively fast.
when i kept Entacmaea quadricolor i used to offer buyers their choice of clones, was often left with one very small one but it never took long for a 2"-3"er to grow to +10". given good conditions and feedings i'm confident your bta will be at least 5" by august. if not get another bta, some stay small in shallow waters and form large mats consisting of many individual bta's well others usually in deeper water remain solitary and grow rather large. my rbta's oral disc would max out at 15" - 18" before dividing but i've seen 24" rbta's.

 

[kattsue]

This my anenome a couple weeks ago before clarkii.

This is him now

I've been feeding him silversides every couple days. He seems to eat fine. I watch and make sure nothing steals it.

 

[marc price]

looks o.k., perhaps a bit bleached from the first pic (i don't know if thats because of your camera), but i don't think it's due to the clarkii. try feeding a variety of food from your supermarkets seafood dept. give it time.