Will RBTA eat soft coral?

pedromatic

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Recently Carlos (invertigator) gave me a frag of a beautiful bright pink soft coral that looks similar to a Colt. The frag was about 2 inches long and about 1 inch in diameter. There was a bit of the base included, so I glued that to a piece of rock. It was fine for a few days, then one morning it was just gone.

I've looked around all the nooks and crannies of the tank, and last night searched from the top down with a flashlight, and there's no sign of it.

The only thing I can figure is that when it broke loose it blew into the RBTA and gulp! The resident clownfish routinely feeds the anemone any large bits of food (krill, silverside, clam) I dispense. Do any of you have any experience with something like this? An anemone devouring a softie?

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Exhibit A: Hungry RBTA, an "invertebrate of interest"? The clown's not talkin'.
 
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anemones will eat any fish that venture too close to them, but I don't think that they eat soft coral, but what do I know?

My bet is that it came loose and is just floating around somewhere in the rockwork. I've also had a green colt that didn't like my tank's conditions, and just stayed shrunken up, and disappeared. I never found out what happened to it. Oh well.

I hope you find it!
 
Never witnessed any of my BTA's eat a coral.They will sting the heck out of them however.My carpet anemones,on the other hand,have eaten entire frags & have literally just released a bare skeleton after digesting everything.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11590056#post11590056 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cubano2480
pedro mi perro se comio la goma de mi camion tenia hambre alomejor tu anemona esta loca igual............ :)


:lol: :lol: :lol: :hammer:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11590056#post11590056 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cubano2480
pedro mi perro se comio la goma de mi camion tenia hambre alomejor tu anemona esta loca igual............ :)

Y yo me como tu jevita encantado. :D
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11594521#post11594521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pedromatic
Y yo me como tu jevita encantado. :D

Thanks Pedro....now he has changed the avatar.
 
It's all my fault, I'll be happy to take the heat. I crossed the line. Please accept my apology, cubano. Dory is sexy, too :)
 
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