Well, I came in to do some reading, and start a new post, but I will just add to the conversation. I have a long tentacle anemone that I keep thinking is going to die, but some how, he keeps kicking. It will not take food, and will not attach itself anywhere. My clown fish is not interested in it at all, but my boxer shrimp keep hanging out in it. This may sound strange, but my clown that died, would hang out in the long tentacle, catch food, and go back to the anemone, and spit the food back out. He almost acted as if he were feeding it. I know you are wanting years, but I have had this guy for maybe 8 or 10 weeks.
I purchased what I thought was 1 hatian pink tip. When I got home, I had 2. They were real close together, and appeard to be one. These guys attached themselves immediatly. One of them moves around constantly. This one stays under rock and overhangs (out of the light) The other stays out in one place. They both feed very well (only feed 1 time a week).
Well, one day I came home from work, and my "day lights" were off. I have a little powerhead on the same timer as the day lights, so that was off two. I noticed that the anemone that never moves had moved. I figured it was because of lack of water movement, and lighting. By the way, my daughter had spun my timer, so everything shut off early. I figured no big deal, I will set everything back up, and he will come back. This leads me to why I wanted to post. A few day later, I found the stump of my anemone. Something had eaten it. The only thing I could figure was the shrimp. Knowing that pepermint shrimp eat aptasia, I asked the LFS before buying an anemone, will my shrimp harm it. I always get a "no"
Do you guys think the shrimp ate this guy? If they did, how come they do not hurt the other two?
