R.I.P. Maroon

After 5 1/2 years my male Maroon has died and became a meal for my anemone. is this normal life span for a marron clown and do the hosting anemones usually eat the corps?

 

sorry for your loss. I also lost a coral today I removed a 4 x6 lobophyllia from my tank today as it turned white on center and edges. I wish I new for sure it was the right thing to do as I have never seen that before and did not want to risk the rest of the tank. Any way I don't know if the anemones will eat it but the craps will.

 

the crabs could have but they usually dont get too close to the pair of clowns and there anemone and the female looks stressed any ideas of what i could do??

 

Well......I think your maroon died of old age. As for the anemone eating the corpse....doesn't surprise me a bit. That would seem to be the natural progression of things. Nothing goes to waste in the wild. If it died there......Dinner is served. Sorry about your loss dude. Do you have any pics to post of her?

 

sorry for your loss!! :-(

 

Sorry for your loss, how long do they usually live?

 

I am not a fish grief counselor but maybe a shot of whiskey will help. For you. I would hate to lose a five year pet. As for your female I would guess she will always be alone. When my wrasse jumped from tank all the fish (damsels, tang horse-face)seemed to moap for a day. They seem fine now.

 

first two are when he was new only about an inch and a half long, the third is about 6.5 inches long and the last my anemone without its clown

 

wierd the female hasnt gone back to the anemone since i wonder if she will go back to it?

 

well my next question is with my female gone is it wise yo try to introduce a new maroon or wait for the male to sucumb to old age and get two new young ones?