Anemone shrimp questions

[Nikolausreef]

Hey everybody, My wife and I just got an glass anemone shrimp (periclimenes brevicarpalis) 3 weeks ago. A few days after introducing her she started sitting on a clam we've had for 4 or 5 years. The clam had just been introduced to the tank two weeks prior from a 75 gallon that had been sitting at my parents for 2 years with minimal care.

The clam kept trying to move and broke away from his foot and eventually got to the sand bed where we left him to acclimate.

Two or three days after the anemone shrimp started sitting on the clam the clam died. I figured it was due to the stress of moving and not from the shrimp.

We then got a bubble tip anemone for the shrimp as she obviously wanted something to host. She immediately went to the bubble tip who has been hiding in a rock crevice closed ever since with the shrimp sitting on top.

Should I be concerned that she will kill the anemone by irritating it so much it never opens up? If so should I separate them for a while, return the shrimp? Or will this work itself out?

Tldr:

We got a small rose bubble tip anemone for a glass anemone shrimp. The shrimp sits on top of the closed up anemone who is hiding in a rock crevice on the backside of the tank for over a week now. Should I be concerned the anemone will die if it's not left alone?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Photos of the anemone? How does everything else look in your tank?

 

[Nikolausreef]

I haven't seen either the anemone or the shrimp in two or three days. From the day we added the anemone it moved into a shaded area and was half open for a few hours. Then the shrimp found it and sat right on top which forced it completely closed like a button.

It then moved to the backside of the tank into a hole in the rock and was barely visible. 3 days ago it moved again and I cannot find either of them.

Coral, sexy shrimp and fish in the tank seem great. Fighting nitrates down from 25-50ppm (salifert) and phosphates up from 0 but otherwise ca, alk, mg are all good. (420, 8.5, 1225)

I just wasn't sure if clownfish or anemone shrimp could actually pester an anemone to death, especially if the nem was on the smaller size.

 

[Nikolausreef]