clownfish bites off rbta tentacle

[MIKE ALERS]

i just witnness my male allardi bitting off a tentacle from my rbta and then eating it.has anybody heard of such behaviour or is my clownfish out of his mind

 

[salty316]

I had a Maroon clown biting the tentacles off of my LTA. Each morning I would find 5-10 tentacles lying around. At least the clown was easy to catch.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

What would cause a clown to do such a thing? Lacking some thing in their diet?

 

[kimsie]

Is this a newer introduction? I have heard of this - and the 2 had to be separated I believe. Maybe just keep a close eye on it and see if it continues.

As Christina asked - is it maybe hungry?

--Kim

 

[Reefmore]

Ive never seen that behavior in my clowns...sort of like biting that hand that feeds (houses) you

 

[kar93]

Is he in a pair. They might have got a divorce and hes just taking whats his.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11731683#post11731683 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kar93
Is he in a pair. They might have got a divorce and hes just taking whats his.

:rollface: :lol: thats funny.typical marital problems.