Wow! Magnifica anemone eats a yellow tang!

[MrRoo]

Poor tang

 

[ugluk]

Woa!! How big was the tang?

 

[MrRoo]

almost 4" the guy said.

 

[tktodd]

Damn!!! Poor guy.

 

[rbursek]

How big was the Anemone?

 

[Canarygirl]

from the photo it looks as if the tang was dead before the anemone got ahold of it....

 

[Allanira]

Wow. Good thing I cant put any tangs in my tank lol. I wouldnt want to see 1 get eaten like that.

 

[MrRoo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12507915#post12507915 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
from the photo it looks as if the tang was dead before the anemone got ahold of it....

What you are seeing is the anemone regurgitating the fish. The fish disappeared for 2 days before the guy found his anemone 'pooping' him out.

 

[Canarygirl]

aah...I thought he looked a little the worse for wear....

my neon gobie got dragged by my clownfish into my large RBTA the other day, but he jetted out before being munched. (Both fish had locked onto the same piece of food.)

 

[Aquarist007]

An anemone must be able to catch something live and healthy--or how else would they survive in the wild

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12508186#post12508186 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
An anemone must be able to catch something live and healthy--or how else would they survive in the wild

by catching and eating things that are dead and unhealthy

 

[Canarygirl]

An anemone must be able to catch something live and healthy--or how else would they survive in the wild

My understanding is that they "catch" small particles that filter down from the reef, and regurgitate 99% of everything else...I forget which published fish& coral guru wrote this but it was one of the biggies

--Bingo, it was Anthony Calfo.

 

[Pulp Fishin]

Oh wow that sucks!

 

[Tswifty]

Holy @$*!

:eek2:

 

[sjj80]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12508282#post12508282 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tswifty8
Holy @$*!

:eek2:

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12507915#post12507915 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
from the photo it looks as if the tang was dead before the anemone got ahold of it....

agreed. Who's the owner of this great picture? Who's anemone?

 

[sixshot00]

burp... poor tang.

 

[mixed_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12508478#post12508478 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
agreed. Who's the owner of this great picture? Who's anemone?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12507956#post12507956 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrRoo
What you are seeing is the anemone regurgitating the fish. The fish disappeared for 2 days before the guy found his anemone 'pooping' him out.

 

[Sohal Tang Tim]

hungry anemone

hungry anemone

I kept that anemone for about 5 years and I never lost a fish to it...
But...I kept it well fed....very well fed...

But...thats what they do when they are hungry...they eat fish.....

Should not be a surprise to anyone really...

That must have been one heck of a large anemone....

Mine was 12-14 inch in diameter and that one just seems bigger.


Tim

 

[albano]

Sooooo, you think I might have problems with mine, over 24" ?