do they eat your fish

[thenewguy997]

I would like to have an anemone down the road but im jusr curious do they eat your fish often? :/

Ive been reading some say theyve lost butterflyfish and thats not very appealing

What are your experiences?

 

[BlueFyre]

Depends on the anemone.

I have 2 bubble tips, 4 rock flower, 3 tube anemones and 3 maxi mini anemones in a 65 gallon. I haven't lost a fish to an anemone in almost 2 years.

 

[maddmaxx]

carpets are the big fish eaters amongst the nems...

 

[thenewguy997]

Depends on the anemone.

I have 2 bubble tips, 4 rock flower, 3 tube anemones and 3 maxi mini anemones in a 65 gallon. I haven't lost a fish to an anemone in almost 2 years.

that sounds like a lot, is it hard for your fish to swim around avoiding them or no?

 

[OrionN]

Gigantea and Haddoni are very sticky and will eat any fish that touch them.
Most fish stay away from them, unless they got startled. Some fish species are able to avoid them easy, other will invariably got eaten in a few months.
With carpets, fish that stay on the surface of the sand (certain gobies, mandarin dragonets) will easily get eaten. Also inquisitive fish like Fang gobies, or Orchid dottyback, IME will not last long. Pygmi angels often get eaten also.

 

[Reefahholic]

My Haddoni ate my huge Scooter blenny.

Bottom dwelling fish are an easy target for Gig and Haddoni.

 

[ocellaris123]

When I used to keep haddonis I lost a yellow tang, pair of flameback angels and some damsels to them. Carpets will eat fish that are unfortunate enough to swim in its oral disk. Now I keep fish friendlier bubble tipped anemones and havent lost a fish yet to them.

 

[johanasu]

Something to consider as well is if you will have clowns hosting the anemone. I would think the clowns would defend the anemone and keep other fish away. This may end up saving your other fishes' lives.

 

[thenewguy997]

When I used to keep haddonis I lost a yellow tang, pair of flameback angels and some damsels to them. Carpets will eat fish that are unfortunate enough to swim in its oral disk. Now I keep fish friendlier bubble tipped anemones and havent lost a fish yet to them.

What do they eat in the wild then if theyre bad fish catcherrs

 

[davocean]

What do they eat in the wild then if theyre bad fish catcherrs

Sunlight mainly.
They are opportunistic feeders, I really think most fish eating are of weak or sick fish, but w/ hadonni the accidental brushing of it is not good, just too sticky, where most nems may not trap fish as well, the hadonni is hard to escape.
FWIW I have a pair of mandarins that never got caught by my hadonni when I had it.
Most fish seem to know.

 

[thenewguy997]

Sunlight mainly.
They are opportunistic feeders, I really think most fish eating are of weak or sick fish, but w/ hadonni the accidental brushing of it is not good, just too sticky, where most nems may not trap fish as well, the hadonni is hard to escape.
FWIW I have a pair of mandarins that never got caught by my hadonni when I had it.
Most fish seem to know.

Oh cool, i didnt know nems depended on photosynthesis so much i thought they were strictly fish eaters

 

[ocellaris123]

Oh cool, i didnt know nems depended on photosynthesis so much i thought they were strictly fish eaters

Yes, mostly photosynthetic but S. haddoni will readily eat one of your fish if caught; healthy or not. Took me forever to get my blue one of my hand when first introducing it into my aquarium, they are like velcro.

 

[BlueFyre]

that sounds like a lot, is it hard for your fish to swim around avoiding them or no?

Not at all

 

[snorvich]

Gigantea and Haddoni are very sticky and will eat any fish that touch them.
Most fish stay away from them, unless they got startled. Some fish species are able to avoid them easy, other will invariably got eaten in a few months.
With carpets, fish that stay on the surface of the sand (certain gobies, mandarin dragonets) will easily get eaten. Also inquisitive fish like Fang gobies, or Orchid dottyback, IME will not last long. Pygmi angels often get eaten also.

This.

 

[SwampyBill]

I only ever lost a blood shrimp to a carpet yrs ago; but was always afraid my wrasse's would disappear during their nightly divebomb into sandbed or 'wake-up' in morning.

 

[mnchartier]

I've lost a hectors goby, yellow eyed kole tang, a female lyretail anthia, and a blue chromis. Two of them I actually witnessed and it was my clowns chasing the victim which unfortunately hit the haddoni in haste.