Can clownfish kill coral?

[daniella3d]

I got an anemone but now if the fish are going to go in it is another story. It's huge! It did not look so big at the store but in my 75 gallons it's a monster, about 10" across. I think it's the long tentacles, not sure, but it is one of the type that stay in the sand and are supposed to host clownfish.

Now beside the photo tric, any way to make the clownfish adopt it?

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Now beside the photo tric, any way to make the clownfish adopt it?

Time and patience.

If you discourage it away from your duncan it'll go looking for another home, so it make host the nem sooner. But don't stress out your fish! Just give it some time.

[jorjef]

You must really like your clowns... When ever I had the issue of a fish pestering corals I've always removed the fish. I don't have alot of patience for unruly fish...

[daniella3d]

I try to accomodate every living thing in my aquarium and yes I do love my clownfish

But the anemone is nice now that it has settle properly...it's big though

The clown have started to go near the anemone tentacles. The male touch it sometimes but he does not really rub its full body yet, but I think it's will be just a matter of day. I put a net over the duncan and it is recovering. Today it looked much better, although the net is preventing it from fully inflating. That's still better than having a clow pestering it.

I am going to wait and see but I think there is good hope now that he's showing interest.

Originally Posted by jorjef

You must really like your clowns... When ever I had the issue of a fish pestering corals I've always removed the fish. I don't have alot of patience for unruly fish...

[MMAX]

Can it go the other way around? Can a coral kill a clownfish? Had a baby ocllaris (1") in a tank with a torch coral. One morning the clown is gone. Never did find the body, not on the floor or anywhere else. I'm thinking maybe the torch got hungry?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Had an elephant ear-type, very large mushroom coral close up over my eating-frzn mysis mandarin goby about 8 years ago. One minute the goby was sitting on the coral, then next the coral was closed over the "stupid" fish, (I thought it was smart enough to swim away), and a few minutes later, when I looked again, the coral was slowly opening up with the goby dead in the middle. Mandarin gobies are poisonous I believe, so the coral didn't "eat" and digest it, but it certainly killed it.

[daniella3d]

What do you mean a few minutes later?? you did not pull the fish out?!!??

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Had an elephant ear-type, very large mushroom coral close up over my eating-frzn mysis mandarin goby about 8 years ago. One minute the goby was sitting on the coral, then next the coral was closed over the "stupid" fish, (I thought it was smart enough to swim away), and a few minutes later, when I looked again, the coral was slowly opening up with the goby dead in the middle. Mandarin gobies are poisonous I believe, so the coral didn't "eat" and digest it, but it certainly killed it.

[daniella3d]

no, I don't think so. your clownfish probably dies and the cleaning crew ate it.

My clownfish went into the frogspawn and decided it was not a pleasant experience and did not return but it was fine.

I even doubt a torch can sawllow a whole fish.

Originally Posted by MMAX

Can it go the other way around? Can a coral kill a clownfish? Had a baby ocllaris (1") in a tank with a torch coral. One morning the clown is gone. Never did find the body, not on the floor or anywhere else. I'm thinking maybe the torch got hungry?

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

no, I don't think so. your clownfish probably dies and the cleaning crew ate it.

My clownfish went into the frogspawn and decided it was not a pleasant experience and did not return but it was fine.

I even doubt a torch can sawllow a whole fish.

Nope, no cleanup crew in that tank. If you saw the size of the torch you might think again.