Naso and Carpet

[snulma1]

So I came home today to find my 3 months old blonde naso, laying flat in the middle of my green carpet. I have no idea how that happened, since I was not home. But I pulled him out and he was already partly eaten by the anemone. I was gonna leave it, but because of the size I didn't think it would have been ingested.

Is that normal? Are Carpets and Tangs able to be in the same tank?

 

[criccio]

S. haddoni are known fish eaters.

 

[snulma1]

How can I tell which one I have?

 

[phishlet]

Yep. My blue carpet ate a yellow coris wrasse and two jaw fish.

 

[criccio]

Healthy haddoni will have short bulbous tentacles. Healthy gigantea will have longer tapered tentacles with purplish dots on the underside.

There's pics of both in my gallery.

 

[snulma1]

Yeah, it looks like its a haddoni, so am I destined to not be able to keep another fish in there? I think I may have lost a longnose hawkfish and my blonde naso to him!

 

[criccio]

Some folks chance it, but I think it's inevitable, especially in a 55.

 

[shutiny]

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snulma1,
I feel for your loss; I too, lost a Majestic angel to a Haddoni not long ago.

Criccio,
Beautiful carpets! I love to see successful stories with these guys. How long have they been with you? All housing in the same tank?
Thanks