Gig ate foxface.

[durb992000]

My gig has eaten my foxface, the fish hadnt eaten in days and I am pretty sure it just floated into the gig. My main concern in the health of the gig, should I be worried? Is there anything I should do?
Thanks in advance,
James

 

[worm5406]

As anemones eat whole fish, hence the reason they sting, not like they would need to sting a chunk of a fish, as long as it can handle the size of it then it will be ok.

I assume that you saw it go in or saw remnants of it.

Not to be cruel or anything I think it would be interesting to have my camera on time-lapse running and have something get into one of mine.

 

[durb992000]

Ye the foxface was in the bottom corner of the tank and I had contemplated removing it. Came back 10mins later and it was gone from the corner and the tail could just be seen in the gig. I tried gently prizing it out but no chance, its a very sticky nem.
The gig i about 14 inches and the foxface about 5-6 so I would assume that it can handle the size of the fish.
Thanks for getting back to me worm and putting my mind at ease.
James

 

[davocean]

Most of the time I hear a nem ate a fish, the fish was weak or sick, which I'm guessing the case if it wasn't eating.
I sure hate seeing bones spit out of a nem from a fish I liked(like those 3 baby blond naso's that swam into my crispa on intro!) but it usually does not harm the nem.
good luck.

 

[Greg 45]

If it did eat it you will find the bones clean as a whistle next to the anemone in a few days

 

[OrionN]

"My Gigantea ate a ......"
Now that there are many of us keeping Gigantea,we are hearing a lot of this.

 

[worm5406]

Yeah... LOL.. It is funny.

Before you would just take it in stride and never tell anyone.

 

[durb992000]

"My Gigantea ate a ......"
Now that there are many of us keeping Gigantea,we are hearing a lot of this.

It's your fault so many people are now successfully keeping gigs!!
To me though the looks of gig anemones greatly outweigh the risk that goes with them. I would never keep a fish that I would not accept losing to the gig.

To date, my gig has never taken a healthy fish. The foxface, as stated previously, was malnourished and on its last legs last night.

 

[OrionN]

I got a aquarium maintenance person here in Corpus to move my tank at my office. We are remodeling and add new floor. During the move my Gigantea kill my Atlantic Blue tang. He escape from been eaten but was stung badly and died that night.

 

[stickleback]

To date, I've never lost a fish to a gig.
At its peck I had 6 Gigs all in the same tank including slow moving Mandarins. I believe most of the time this happens the fish is either ill or stressed in the first place.

Currently down to 3 gigs now as I lost 3 due to my Calcium reactor failing and causing a ph drop. they definately do not like wide ph changes.

 

[OrionN]

To date, I've never lost a fish to a gig.
At its peck I had 6 Gigs all in the same tank including slow moving Mandarins. I believe most of the time this happens the fish is either ill or stressed in the first place.

Currently down to 3 gigs now as I lost 3 due to my Calcium reactor failing and causing a ph drop. they definately do not like wide ph changes.

I find that carpet do not like swing in pH. Once I almost lost a Haddoni because my Kalk top off timer stuck. It top off for 1 hrs instead of 1 mins drips 12 times a day. I did not check my pH at the time but I think it would go up pretty high.
Everything else are all, clams, corals, fish are OK and look fine. The carpet looks terrible. I saw the increase water level and stop the pump and change the timer. If I did not catch this, I would have had a dead carpet.

 

[OrionN]

Sticleback,
I would love to see your Gigantea.
I got to dig up that old thread on Gigantea show off. I bet there are quite a few Gigantea in captivity now.

 

[Pastey]

While I own no gigs.....