Clown torturing Rock flower anemone

[JCTReefer]

I just discovered my female clown biting the heck out of my Rock flower anemones. She’s nipped at one to the point of Tissue loss. Mainly around the tentacles. You can see on the top side of the red and green one. She’s been sampling all of them. I know they do this to test them and to get used to their sting, but she’s gonna wind up and kill them all. I know they will never host them either. And the nems weren’t cheap I might add. I have about 14 of them at the current time. I’m torn on what to do. They were the first fish in my tank. I caught both of them and they’re currently in the sump. Any words of wisdom or experiences with this kind of situation. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks and happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.

 

[Mjrenz]

I just discovered my female clown biting the heck out of my Rock flower anemones. She’s nipped at one to the point of Tissue loss. Mainly around the tentacles. You can see on the top side of the red and green one. She’s been sampling all of them. I know they do this to test them and to get used to their sting, but she’s gonna wind up and kill them all. I know they will never host them either. And the nems weren’t cheap I might add. I have about 14 of them at the current time. I’m torn on what to do. They were the first fish in my tank. I caught both of them and they’re currently in the sump. Any words of wisdom or experiences with this kind of situation. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks and happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.

Try moving some rocks around wherever she normally hosts, it may distract her enough so she'll leave them alone.

 

[reef lover]

My clowns destroyed a 12 headed lobo in a week...had to remove the coral and managed to save 1 head. Sump the clowns and rearrange the rock work and reintroduce them in a week or so...