Question: Anemone loses tentacles?

[gmpolan]

<span style="color: black;">I have a RBTA anemone which spawned from one in which i think came from Bud's tank. It is housed in my 72 gal and my clowns have recently starting hosting it. So within the past two months or so, I noticed tentacle or two floating in the water. The anemone itself still seems healthy and no different than any other night. It its table scrap shrimp every other week or so and deflates and excretes waste fine. Water params are all good although MG is low which im trying to handle at the moment. Any thoughts?</span>

 

[smoothie]

Clowns have been known to tug on the tentacles, but I have never heard of them pulling them off. I have heard of maroons loving smaller anemones to death though.
What clowns do you have?

 

[dakota9]

yes, they loose a bit of tenticle from time to time

 

[jennm]

I've witnessed a clown bite off a tentacle on more than one occasion. Doesn't do any harm, from what I've seen.

I've also snipped a tentacle off deliberately (was helping a researcher friend do some experiments with pigments), and the anemone suffered no ill effects.

Jenn

 

[gmpolan]

Tank bred osc and b/w juve but it usually will happen every other month or so...cant figure out why it wouldnt be growing versus losing ya know..but thanks for the info everyone thats good to know

 

[twocute2b4u]

Geoff, my clowns suck on the tentacles like a pacifier. It's pretty cool to see, I know a couple of times I think they bit down a bit too hard because I've experienced tentacles floating as well.

 

[kirru]

both my black and white clowns did that to mine rbta when they started hosting.. they've calmed down about it though... maybe you could ask the clowns to bite the nem in half so you'll have a split