Curly Que Anemone

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Originally Posted by Namscam

you know, its not just the curly cue that ll eat fishes....all cnidarians are carnivores so they ll eat anything that is not a plant....even btas or rotteris will eat your fishes...

Although I have no hard empirical data on livestock consumption by anemones in captivity, I don't think it's safe to compare this animal to the more docile (not sure if that is really a fitting term) anemones. Many individuals keep M. doreensis, E. quadricolor and H. magnifica without ever loosing a fish, and some do not feed said anemones (including myself, as my M. doreensis refuses to eat). Many anemones will eat weak animals (some focus on this food source even in the wild), however healthy animals generally are able to avoid these types of anemones with weaker stings. Stichodactyla sp., Condylactis sp., etc. anemones are a different story, and there are a number of reports on the larger forums of these animals consuming healthy fish.

Regardless, keeping seahorses with any anemone is foolish.

For what it's worth, the phylum Cnidaria includes all manner of corals, jellies, hydroids as well as anemones - all types of stinging-celled animal. Obviously, a Montipora sp. isn't going to eat a seahorse, alive, weak, or dead.