I believe there are a couple aiptasia on some of my live rock. I know these are considered to be a pest anemone in reef aquariums, but are they dangerous to fish?
My tank is set up as a fish only with live rock tank; it is stocked with a 5" Porcupine Puffer and a 2.5" Maroon Clown.
These anemone's arent bothering me since I don't have any corals for them to kill. They're not currently multiplying so they're not really taking over the tank either. My question is, are they dangerous to my fish?
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus Punkster, the 4" red T miurus Mongo, the 4" A modestus 2 T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan Also kept: lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
I added this guy to the tank for a clean-up crew. He's nearly as large as my puffer so he's too big to be eaten. He seems to be eating the Aiptasia, do hermits generally do this?
Watch out... If he's as big as he seems, he may take out some of your fish. I had a hairy hermit that did some serious damage to my collection early on.
The only fish that ever spends any time near the bottom is my puffer and he's at least twice the size of the crab. You don't think the crab could damage the puffer do you?
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus Punkster, the 4" red T miurus Mongo, the 4" A modestus 2 T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan Also kept: lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles