Blue Haddoni ate my Moorish Idol

[cthetoy]

My 5" Moorish Idol I had for 2 years came down with Ich and got weak:worried: Came back home and was trying to find the Idol. After an hour I wondered why my Blue Haddoni Carpet was larger than normal. Looked closer and saw part of the Moorish Idol streamer. Couldn't believe it could eat a 5" fish

Sorry for the lousy pic. In the mouth you can see part of the Idol's streamer:uhoh2:

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

Yes, carpets have a sell deserved reputation for eating fish.

Seems I hear about them eating tangs a lot, for some reason.

 

[Genin]

WOW! that's a bummer on losing the idol, but that is pretty neat to see.

 

[LesMartin]

A fellow reefer in the uk has a 18" haddoni. His 6" sailfin tang went missing. Yes you guessed it and he's got pictures to prove it, his haddoni was to blame. It spit out the remains a couple of hours later.

 

[VitalApparatus]

Lovely nem BTW

 

[bradleym]

Lovely nem BTW

+1 in fact if you're mad at it I can always find it a good home. LOL

Honestly though, sorry for the loss of your fish.

 

[this is me]

Sorry to hear about the idol. That's one fish i would trade the haddoni for.

 

[Whip316]

Sorry to hear about the idol. That's one fish i would trade the haddoni for.

i would second that. poor fish.

 

[cthetoy]

It spit out the remains a couple of hours later.

After 20 hours the Idol is still inside the Haddoni. I guess the Haddoni is enjoying its meal.

Im putting moonlights now so other fish wont inadvertently drift to the Blue Haddoni at night.

 

[Norvern Rob]

A fellow reefer in the uk has a 18" haddoni. His 6" sailfin tang went missing. Yes you guessed it and he's got pictures to prove it, his haddoni was to blame. It spit out the remains a couple of hours later.

That Reefer was me - the Sailfin was absolutely healthy the night it went missing, I actually had another reefer around that day who photographed him.

I came home from work the next afternoon to see the Nem looking distressed, it's mouth gaping hugely. It looked less healthy as the day went on, shrinking right down - then the next day it looked back to normal, and this is what was next to it, the skeleton of the Sailfin.

I'm still unsure whether something happened to the Tang during the night, or whether it was just sleeping, drifted into the Nem and was too slow to get away.

Either way it's the risk you take with Haddoni, I have kept them before and never lost a fish but there's always the chance.

This was the Sailfin a couple of weeks ago - not exactly small!

 

[Toddrtrex]

After 20 hours the Idol is still inside the Haddoni. I guess the Haddoni is enjoying its meal.

Im putting moonlights now so other fish wont inadvertently drift to the Blue Haddoni at night.

IMO/E the moon lights won't change a thing.

IME there are 3 ways a Haddoni will eat/catch a fish;
fish is already sick/dying
Startled into it -- often will happen with newly added fish.
Fish fighting with the hosted clowns -- that is how I lost my Golden dwarf angel. The pink skunk pair would harass the angel, angel would chase, one time angel chased too far.

 

[BonsaiNut]

IMO/E the moon lights won't change a thing.

IME there are 3 ways a Haddoni will eat/catch a fish;
fish is already sick/dying
Startled into it -- often will happen with newly added fish.
Fish fighting with the hosted clowns -- that is how I lost my Golden dwarf angel. The pink skunk pair would harass the angel, angel would chase, one time angel chased too far.

Todd in this case I am going to disagree with you. I have just lost too many fish to S. haddonis over the years to blame it on "sick/dying" syndrome. These were fish that were perfectly healthy and had been in an established tank for a while (in some cases years) and then one morning they were a bundle of bones under the S. haddoni. Bottom dwellers like gobies, blennies, and some wrasses were particularly susceptible, though I have lost my share of tangs and dwarf angels. In your case the fish may have been dead/dying, but in my case I believe I have lost a number of perfectly healthy ones.

Note that I am specifically referring to S. haddoni. I honestly can't remember losing a fish of any species to any other anemone. I have actually lost more fish (clowns) to A. fenestrafer than to other clown anemones.

 

[Toddrtrex]

That has just been my experiences with them. I personally won't/don't keep any bottom dwellers in my tanks that have a Haddoni(s) -- save for my "golden" lawnmower blenny that has been in the same tank with an S. Haddoni for 4+ years now. Oddly enough, in that tank, once I got rid of the pink skunk pair (( same tank that I lost the Golden dwarf )) the other fish don't even go near the Haddoni.

 

[elegance coral]

My experience is similar to Todd's. Disclaimer....You can lose any fish to any anemone at any time if the size ratio is correct. However, I don't lose fish to my haddoni unless I do something wrong. Over stock the tank, mix fish that don't get along, add inappropriate fish, or a fish becomes ill. I haven't lost a healthy fish to my haddoni in quite a number of years, and back when I did, it was my fault.

 

[Norvern Rob]

My experience is similar to Todd's. Disclaimer....You can lose any fish to any anemone at any time if the size ratio is correct. However, I don't lose fish to my haddoni unless I do something wrong. Over stock the tank, mix fish that don't get along, add inappropriate fish, or a fish becomes ill. I haven't lost a healthy fish to my haddoni in quite a number of years, and back when I did, it was my fault.

Unless my Sailfin suddenly became ill during the night from being perfectly healthy in the evening (possible), then I lost a large, healthy fish to my Haddoni.

I've only had the Nem around a month, so that's really the only explanation - the Tang just wasn't aware enough or made a mistake. No new fish were added and the Tang had been in there 18 months so he knew his way around. The Nem is very large though.

I have to add however that i've kept Haddoni before in other tanks and this is the first fish loss i've had - but you certainly don't have to do something wrong to lose fish to one.

 

[mmorcas21]

are my ocellaris clowns safe?!??!?!

 

[davocean]

I lost 3 blond naso's, all 3 swam straight into my Sebae/Crispa on intro.
It's kind of a bummer when you see the bones spit out...
I have seen my maroon that I used to have actually push a weak fish into her nem, but that was an already weak fish.

 

[emdr888]

I've seen my naso get stung several times by my carpets, she's inquisitive and always checks out the new anemone. Luckily she's managed to swim away each time, but acts drunk for an hour or two...disorientated and swimming into things.