NEW Anenome

well it just so happens that i traded for a new carpet anemone today to add
back to my tank where i lost my huge one a few months back during a move.
the clown's were checking out the anemone as it sat in the bag during
acclimation. when i put it in the tank the female went straight to the
tenticals and started rubbing all in them, never went to the base for any
kind of 'coating'. she is quite happy and it did not sting her, nor kill
her.

kc

"Dragon Slayer" wrote in message ...
well it just so happens that i traded for a new carpet anemone today to add
back to my tank where i lost my huge one a few months back during a move.
the clown's were checking out the anemone as it sat in the bag during
acclimation. when i put it in the tank the female went straight to the
tenticals and started rubbing all in them, never went to the base for any
kind of 'coating'. she is quite happy and it did not sting her, nor kill
her.

perhaps the clown has a mucus that is already compatible - I can't say
whether the clown's previous exposure to this genus of anemone is
responsible - but undoutably it's the mucus on the clown, NOT the fact
is has some kind of "immunity".


kc

so you yourself are suggesting that the clown has a mucus that gives it an
immunity to the sting. I'm pretty sure that with the growth of the clown
over the past several months that any form of anything it 'might' have got
off the previous anemone, would be long gone. therefore its developed an
immunity huh???

kc

"Dragon Slayer" wrote in message ...
so you yourself are suggesting that the clown has a mucus that gives it an
immunity to the sting.

The hell I am. The mucus protects the clown - that is NOT the same as
"immunity" - when you put on a coat to protect you from the cold, are
you immune to the cold? Hell NO!

I'm pretty sure that with the growth of the clown
over the past several months that any form of anything it 'might' have got
off the previous anemone, would be long gone. therefore its developed an
immunity huh???

No - not IMMUNITY. You are missing my whole point, they have no
immunity, but have a protective layer of mucus which endows them with
a protection by fooling the anemone into thinking that the clown in
part of the anemone - this is NOT the same as immunity.


kc