Hrmm.

From what I've read and personally experienced they are not trying to feed the BTA it just so happens that the piece is too big for them to eat therefore they retract back to their "home" to eat it in pieces without thinking that their home can eat.

When I feed large pieces of food to my clowns they grab it and run back to their homes for further munching. Their homes are just some holes in the Live Rock so I'm sure they aren't trying to feed it ;).

You can read some more on reefcentral under the Clowns and Anemone section and on some published books.


I know reality is a killer :( .

I too thought they were being nice and feeding the anemone.