my tube anenome ate me fuzzy dworf lionfish...

[curtisharrison]

has this happened to anyone...

[Aquattro]

I think it's happened to anyone that ever owned one of those!!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

That really sucks. Sorry dude....tube anemones, while pretty, are pretty vicious.

[marie]

My 2 haven't caught any fish yet.

[silverplanet]

tube anemones are not meant to be in the display, they should be in there own separate environment. While they are filter feeders, anything that touches them is considered a meal.
Sorry for your loss.

Jason

[purplepolypeater]

my tube anemone wont even eat a half inch piece of shrimp only mysis or brine.
do you have a pic of yours mine is the orange with green centre about 7 inch reach at night.
it is the messiest eater in the tank. the only place i get cyano is a 6" circle around the nem

[BC564]

My tube anenome ate 3 fish n a week before I could actually get home to get him out of there.....he now has his own tank c/w 3 chocolate chips and a gorilla crab.... this tank is also my dead fish receptacle....thankfully it doesnt get used to much for that...

[silverplanet]

Here are my 4 tube anemones in my dsb in the sump.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee227/sirjehu/IMG_1443.jpg

Jason

[Kostas]

i can't believe a tube anemone eat your dwaft lionfish, sorry for your lost, i love lionfih fish so beautiful! i used to have a dwarf one years ago and i loved it.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

My puffer ate a tube anenome once.

Sorry for your loss :neutral:

[BC Mosaic]

Tube anemone as killers/hunters of fish is an Urban Myth.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2004/invert.htm

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

^^ Good read. Interesting that although they should be mainly filter feeders, many here seem to have experiences where they ate fish. I wonder if they are simply not getting what they need from these tanks and take the opportunity to eat a fish that happens to rest on them?

I only have about 5 minutes experience keeping a tube anenome because I tried one in with my puffers, so I don't know anything about them really except they look cool.

[curtisharrison]

i feed my tube anenome every day brime &mysis..i dont understand the urban myth thing when i seen half of my lion fish in my tube anenome...

[marie]

Either you have a very large tube anemone or a very small lion. My tube anemones reject anything bigger then half an inch

[curtisharrison]

my lion fish was 3.5 inch and my tube anenome 1.5-2 inch wide

[silverplanet]

What color is the tube anemone. most of the reports i have heard about deal with the pink/orange ones.

Jason

[BC Mosaic]

i feed my tube anenome every day brime &mysis..i dont understand the urban myth thing when i seen half of my lion fish in my tube anenome...

I don't doubt that it was munching on your lionfish but a "smokin' gun" is not proof that it actually snagged it, then killed it and then started feasting on it.

Sorry for your loss. Lions are very pretty fish.

[yeeg]

My Carpet ate my powder blue last night...witnessed it...No video tho...

[curtisharrison]

green tube anenome

[silverplanet]

Do you have a pic? i have never seen a green tube anemone

Jason

[marie]

Do you have a pic? i have never seen a green tube anemone

Jason

Here's a pic of my green tube anemone
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/anemone050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/anemonetank008.jpg

[sunce_22]

My mantis killed my tube anenome when it crawled into its lair, probably not such a good idea. :sad: