Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Reef

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 03-15-2010, 07:19 AM
SeaHorse_Fanatic SeaHorse_Fanatic is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burnaby
Posts: 4,880
SeaHorse_Fanatic will become famous soon enough
Default RBTA ate 2 clowns in one night

Could NOT believe it until I saw the evidence. So, some background.

Got a neon orange RBTA from The Real Big Al several months ago and it has been hosting a med. fire clown (from Fraggalrock) for over a month now. Then I added a med. tomato clown. Amazingly, instead of each taking its own anemone (have a large Magnifica anemone in the 120g fish only), the two clowns buddied up in the RBTA. BC Mosaic came over and saw this unusual pairing. That same night, both clowns disappeared and since I had recently added full glass tops over the tank, I could not believe they were gone. Looked behind the tank, in the overflow, all around the rock work. Nada.

Then, 2 nights later, I see that the RBTA was shrivelled up and upon closer examination, saw a small tear in the foot and a sharp red dorsal fin sticking out. Could make out the shape of the entire clownfish through the anemone.

So, has anybody else known of a case where a hosting anemone ate their "guests" (BTA or RBTA). I know carpet nems and codylactus anemones are sometimes fish eaters, but these were two good sized, very healthy aggressive clowns that were gobbled up by my RBTA in one night. The clowns weren't fighting and nobody was picking on them.

Anthony
__________________
If you see it, can take care of it, better get it or put it on hold. Otherwise, it'll be gone & you'll regret it!
Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:10 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.