Will Cleaner shrimp hurt or kill anemone ?

[lewis.maryann08]

I have a cleaner shrimp that will not leave my Bubble tip anemone alone
And my bubble tip anemone looks bad now ..

 

[Reeferdood]

Some cleaners will stress and kill Nems, I have seen it on a couple occasions.

 

[lewis.maryann08]

Thank you I think thats what he is doing he did another one that way I had about a year ago

 

[zoomonster]

Try hand feeding the shrimp. Mine will crawl up my arm to eat. He's probably just hungry and picking at the anemone trying to find food scraps.

 

[lewis.maryann08]

I do feed him everyday so I dont think its hunger ...

 

[inetjnky]

My skunk cleaner picked at my bta looking for food daily, including picking at the tentacles in what appeared to be an attempt to eat the bta. I had two clowns but neither knew what to do with my bta and then one died due to illness. I picked up a smaller clown that had already been hosting a different bta and within a week of introducing it to my tank it hosted my bta. Once that happened the cleaner now leaves the bta alone.

 

[lewis.maryann08]

I cant get my clownfish to host mine either