Xenia and Maroon Clownfish

ATM · 04/03/2009, 11:03 PM

my clownfish has been biting off the tips of the elongated xenia. Ive never seen or heard of this before but is it normal? because one of two things may happen:

-either my xenia are going to propagate all over the tank since the heads are floating around or

-the xenia may eventually die

any suggestions on what to do?

daudelus · 04/04/2009, 05:48 AM

This type activity has been occuring for a while with my gold stripe maroon clown also. It has managed to kill a huge colt coral, a goniapora, and it is now working on a pair of torch corals that it is going back and forth to... and yeah, he bites the tips off the torches just like yours is doing to your xenia...
You could attempt to give your clown a better spot to host such as an anemone, or you will need to decide which is more important to you and either give the clown away or let it do its thing on your corals.

04/03/2009, 11:03 PM	#1
ATM Moved On Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: socal Posts: 818	Xenia and Maroon Clownfish my clownfish has been biting off the tips of the elongated xenia. Ive never seen or heard of this before but is it normal? because one of two things may happen: -either my xenia are going to propagate all over the tank since the heads are floating around or -the xenia may eventually die any suggestions on what to do?

04/04/2009, 05:48 AM	#2
daudelus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, PA Posts: 177	This type activity has been occuring for a while with my gold stripe maroon clown also. It has managed to kill a huge colt coral, a goniapora, and it is now working on a pair of torch corals that it is going back and forth to... and yeah, he bites the tips off the torches just like yours is doing to your xenia... You could attempt to give your clown a better spot to host such as an anemone, or you will need to decide which is more important to you and either give the clown away or let it do its thing on your corals. __________________ ------------------------- 55g long mixed reef. 60lbs LR, 2 x 150 HQI 15k MH, BH 1000 Octopus HOB Skimmer, Sumpless, 2x Hydor Koralia 3s + 1x Hydor Koralia 1, HOB filter for Carbon.