Pszemol wrote:
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Wayne Sallee wrote:
The way to get coper-bands to start eating the
aiptasia, is to harass the aiptasia.

I am unclear on the concept of "harassing" an anemone
in order to get something to eat it.

Fully grown aiptasia is too big for shrimp or fish
to attack - they are affraid their stinging tentacles.
When you harass anemone the way it retracts or you
injure it causing it to stay retracted/deflated for
couple of days than you give the shrimps a chance
to eat it with no fear of being stung.

When retracted, they are no longer interesting to the butterfly
fish, which typically begins eating the tentacles.

Mike