carpet question

[webster]

i have a carpet anemone that is believed to be an atlantic one. it is light purple, green, and tan. at my lfs when i purchSED IT IT WAS HOSTING a big tomatoe clwon, however jut the other nighr one of my allardi juvis jsut about got eaten, it swam right by it, and was grabbed faster than i could blink almost. i had to point a ph on the anemone, and the clown wiggled out. why would it hsot tomatoes, but not my clowns????

[EZHOOPS]

Sounds pretty normal. Some carpets, can't remember if their the gigantea or haddoni are know fish eaters. Heck I've seen carpets eat full grown atlantic blue tangs with ease. Carpets have been know to eat clowns. Carpets are especially sticky and it may take your clown some time to adjust and even host that carpet if it ever does. It is up to the clown weather they host or not. Seeing the first experience of the clown with the carpet I can't imagine it would host anytime soon. But stranger things have happened.

Got any pics of the anem, so we can help you ID it?

[cschweitzer]

Atlantic will never be "right" for clowns. Not to say they won't host them, they are just not a natural symbiote in the wild. Pacific anemones will always be a better choice, as this is where clowns live. Could we get pics of the clowns and the anem for further review. Maybe the allardi was just too much smaller than the hosting clown.

[webster]

ok, heres a pic of the anemone. sry a bit blurry, ill get another one asap, but the udnerside of this anemone has like one or two brown stipes, and some brown marks in other areas too.