Coral eating a fish?

[Cubed]

Ok so here's the story.

Sunday I purchased 2 new fish for my BioCube 28 nano. A bi-color blenny and a normal firefish. The only other inhabitant in the tank is Randall goby.

Tuesday morning the firefish is missing. It was very healthy eating both Sun and Mon. Tuesday morning it was gone. I still have the started top so it didn't jump out of the tank, I checked all three compartments in the back of the tank and it is not in there so I've ruled out those. It's not under any rocks or any crevaces, I know my tank in an out and a flash light can see all spots. So that's ruled out.

The Randall goby is the same size and there is no possible way it ate the firefish so it rules that out.

So, with all that being said, I have a braind roughly 5.5" in diameter, the mouth on the brain is roughly 3". My question is, is it possible the firefish swam into the brains feeder tenticles and got eaten? If it helps any, the brain has looked "bloated" the past couple days, and took a real big "poop" tonight, but I couldn't tell if the fish was in there on Tues or not.

ANy help/ past experiences with corals eating fish or any idea on what could've happened to the fish would be much appreciated.

 

[JamesJR]

What species of brain coral is it? It is possible for a coral to eat a fish but I am skeptical in this particular scenario. Did you check to see if it jumped out?

 

[AquaKnight]

I wouldn't put it past the brain to be capable of eating a fish, but a dead fish. The brain coral is no where near powerful enough, stinging tentacle wise, to outright kill a healthy fish.

 

[IPowderBlueTang]

Could be hiding in your rock work, had one disappear from my tank and resuface in a week. Check the holes in the LR, could be bullied by a fish and hid in a rock or crevice.

 

[Cubed]

It's a trachy, I know for a fact it did not jump due to the hood on the tank. If it would've jumped it would've been at feeding through the flip up and I would've noticed it.

As for the rock work, it's almost impossible, as I've managed to either cover the holes with corals, or the holes are located in the sand. I know nothing bullied it, as the Randall and the Bi-color are fine and are the other inhabitants.

I'm really perplexed, the fish is no where ot be found.

 

[camlov2]

I had a fish (dottyback) jump into the back of a biocube 29. He jumped into the return compartment and was living next to the return pump. (on a side note he pushed the sponge up so he could also swim under the middle section as well.

 

[velvetelvis]

You'd be amazed how efficiently those long, skinny fish can hide themselves. I lost a striped fangblenny for months and was convinced he'd died and been eaten overnight by my cleanup crew. Then one day I removed a piece of live rock and he popped right out.