Anemone shrimp: pest or parasite?

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I bought an anemone shrimp. It found my rose anemone OK.
As I watch it, it seems to pinch the anemone's tentacles pretty frequently. The anemone doesn't like it, I can tell because it deflates in those areas.
what the heck? I thought I was buying a nice commensual crustacean. Instead I think I've got a parasite.
Should I remove the shrimp?

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Do you feed the nem? Maybe the shrimp too is hungry :) It could also be covering itself with the slime from the nem. Which protects it from the nems sting.
 
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