Any problems with Anemonies eating fish?

[davered00ss]

I just put a Bubble Tip Anemone in my biocube 32 with a pair of clowns. And within the first day he ate a Black Ray goby. I really liked that fish. :headwally:

 

[duyhuynh]

Same here. My beautiful African Midas was an expensive delicious meal.

 

[phender]

BTAs don't have much of a sting. Do you have evidence that the BTA ate the goby or are you just assuming because the goby is gone?

 

[Cliving1]

Typically if a sick or injured fish finds them they may consume. A healthy fish I wouldnt think unless its a different type of anemone. I could be wrong but thats whay I have seen common on here.

 

[D-Nak]

It really depends on the type of anemone and the fish in your tank. Larger carpets such as haddoni and gigantea (but moreso haddoni) tend to get blamed for missing fish.

Fish that don't have swim bladders such as hawkfish, blennies, and gobies can sometimes wander into nems. IME, other fish are fine, especially when there are clowns using the anemone. They tend to guard their territory which includes the nem, and will sometimes keep fish away.

 

[duyhuynh]

About 2 weeks ago, I stopped by my friend s house and picked up 2 small bta because i bought a pair of true perc thinking the nem would be a great host for it. The pair immediately hosted one of the nem after its foot was settle, and the other was just wandering around my 245 tank.

On one evening after 5 days i put the bta in my tank, my dad told me he saw the head of the yellow fish sticking out of the bta's mouth. Of course I didn't believe that my bta (small ) actually ate my 3 inches long African Midas. After 4 days later after the incident, I saw a dead decompose body of a fish was splitting out from the bta's mouth.

I really wish my dad took a picture using his phone to prove it. Now, I still don't believe it, but the only fish that disappeared was the African Midas. RIP

 

[NYCBOB]

My 5 bta never ate any fish. Haddoni on the other hand, yes. Not saying it can't happen, but maybe it isn't a bta?

 

[davered00ss]

BTAs don't have much of a sting. Do you have evidence that the BTA ate the goby or are you just assuming because the goby is gone?

I assumed because I could not find the goby, and the BTA had closed up and pulled itself into a hole in the rock it attached to. The Goby showed up this morning, false alarm. It wasn't an expensive fish, but I was looking at a Yasha haza goby for $80, they just sold it before I got back for it. I would have to rethink stocking of the tank if I had to worry about loosing an expensive fish.

 

[oahureefer]

I never had a BTA eat anything, but I had a Manns that i got rid of because it ate a few fish including a powder blue.

 

[nickg]

None here