[das04j]

i just bought a rose BTA and it is about the size of a quarter. I have a clown that is equal in size . The clown has already started to host it (one week). He seems to be very rough with it. digging his face in it and brushing very roughly. should i worry?

[pogodzib]

Most types of clownfish are rough on their host, but usually an anemone can withstand the roughhousing. The only thing that would concern me is the size of the RBTA. Because of its size, I'd recommend feeding it a small piece of silversides twice a week to get it to grow quicker.

[das04j]

could i feed it some krill and mysis instead.

[pogodzib]

Yes. I prefer Silversides because of how good all of my anemones have done with them and you know how much the anemone is getting at a time, but mysis or krill work too. It will help if you watch to see how much of the food the clownfish takes away from the anemone before it has a chance to get it into its mouth so you know it is getting enough. IMO, larger anemones aren't as dependent upon direct feedings as a small anemone that is getting beat up my its clownfish.

[aaronkalak]

I have a cinnamon clown fish that acts like he hates my PBTA he 's very rough on it. What is a silverside.My clown fish is about 2" long and my BTA opens up to about 3".