Hello everyone,
I have a 75gal tank with around 13 fish. I purchased a small bleached mini max anemone around 6 months ago. Since then it has flourished in size as well as gotten its vibrant neon green color back. As happy as I am about it’s healthy come back, my tank has become a reoccurring murder scene. The first victim was a new addition to my tank at the time. It was a small banggai cardinal fish, as I was trying to make my grumpy old guy happy with a mate. I realized it did NOT go as planned, when I woke up to the new banggai being eaten by my nem. A couple months later I decided to try again and I bought another banggai. To my surprise my nem had found his second victim. The second banggai I had bought, was being bullied by my initial banngai, so I assumed it was too weak to flick off the anemones grip. The nem has not caused any more problems until recently. A few days ago I had bought a blue spotted jawfish. He had been doing perfectly fine and was happy. Unfortunately around 30 min ago, I found my anemone swallowing what appeared to be something big with bright blue spots. In disbelief I looked around for Clifford the jawfish but he was no where to be found. Never did I think that he could be a possible meal for my nem, as Clifford was pretty big. :-( I’m very disappointed and am going to return the nem to my LFS, as he has proved that he is too dangerous for my tank. I feed my anemone on a consistent basis, around 3-4 times a week. I was thinking about getting a bubble-tip however, after this I’m not sure if I should. I’ve heard that mini maxes are known to more commonly eat your fish but unfortunately I was not aware of this when I had made the purchase. Will all anemones eat your fish any chance they get?
All opinions and thoughts are greatly appreciated, thanks guys!
I have a 75gal tank with around 13 fish. I purchased a small bleached mini max anemone around 6 months ago. Since then it has flourished in size as well as gotten its vibrant neon green color back. As happy as I am about it’s healthy come back, my tank has become a reoccurring murder scene. The first victim was a new addition to my tank at the time. It was a small banggai cardinal fish, as I was trying to make my grumpy old guy happy with a mate. I realized it did NOT go as planned, when I woke up to the new banggai being eaten by my nem. A couple months later I decided to try again and I bought another banggai. To my surprise my nem had found his second victim. The second banggai I had bought, was being bullied by my initial banngai, so I assumed it was too weak to flick off the anemones grip. The nem has not caused any more problems until recently. A few days ago I had bought a blue spotted jawfish. He had been doing perfectly fine and was happy. Unfortunately around 30 min ago, I found my anemone swallowing what appeared to be something big with bright blue spots. In disbelief I looked around for Clifford the jawfish but he was no where to be found. Never did I think that he could be a possible meal for my nem, as Clifford was pretty big. :-( I’m very disappointed and am going to return the nem to my LFS, as he has proved that he is too dangerous for my tank. I feed my anemone on a consistent basis, around 3-4 times a week. I was thinking about getting a bubble-tip however, after this I’m not sure if I should. I’ve heard that mini maxes are known to more commonly eat your fish but unfortunately I was not aware of this when I had made the purchase. Will all anemones eat your fish any chance they get?
All opinions and thoughts are greatly appreciated, thanks guys!
He is discolored and looks like some of his scales/skin is hanging off. His fins are very badly damaged and I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions?
