Fish are missing...Ideas?

[danny zubot]

Your clowns won't get eaten by the carpet (ok, there IS a chance) But anemones host clownfish.. and other damsels. This is why your clowns wont be eaten... because there is a symbiosis between the anemone and clownfish

The acception would be if the clowns are new to the environment. Even though clowns have a natural symbiosis with anemones, it does take time for them to adapt to the "sting", especially if you are dealing with carpet anemones. The Carpet probably didn't recognize the clowns as partners yet, so it ate them. Just my theory.

[OCDP]

And the fact that they were tank raised probably didn't help. Had they been wild I think they may have had more recognition of the anemone and how to adapt to it? That would be my guess anyhow.