A couple days ago I bought a bubble tip anemone and it wasn't doing to great in the new tank at first but it was looking a little better yesterday. This morning he's completely gone and I can't find him anywhere in the tank. Is it possible a Toby puffer could eat a bubble tip anemone which was about the size of my palm? I also have a flower coral that the puffer has never bothered.
Can a Toby Puffer eat a bubble tip anemone?
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marc price
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Could it have retracted into a hole in the rockwork? Short of that toby puffers do feed on benthic, sessile inverts including sea anemones, exception being aggressive species such as S. haddoni carpets. It may very well have eaten the bta. Other animals on the menu include, biting off and eating tips of branching hard corals, urchin spines, starfish arms and knobs and so on. Not the ideal candidate for a reef tank.
Vanishing Act Or Not
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It is possible that it could be in the rock work,but I did move around the rocks and have a good look this morning. I know that they can shrink up and disappear some times but my puffer look real fat . He has eaten some snails and a cleaner shrimp in the past but he has never bothered my rose bud anemone . He doesn't bother any of my corals that I have noticed . I bought the bta for a tomato clown who was stressing my Goniopora . The clown is waiting in a 5 gal tank until I can get this resolved . Maybe I will bring my puffer to the lfs for credit before he dose any more damage. Its funny the lack of knowledge they have at lfs sometimes I was told they were reef safe and they like to be paired .
Vanishing Act Or Not
It is possible that it could be in the rock work,but I did move around the rocks and have a good look this morning. I know that they can shrink up and disappear some times but my puffer look real fat . He has eaten some snails and a cleaner shrimp in the past but he has never bothered my rose bud anemone . He doesn't bother any of my corals that I have noticed . I bought the bta for a tomato clown who was stressing my Goniopora . The clown is waiting in a 5 gal tank until I can get this resolved . Maybe I will bring my puffer to the lfs for credit before he dose any more damage. Its funny the lack of knowledge they have at lfs sometimes I was told they were reef safe and they like to be paired .
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