caught in the act

[lanacane214]

2 of my fish dissapeared in the last month finally figured out where they went:frown:

 

[nanoreefer22]

Just a question but why is there hair on the fish???

 

[lanacane214]

its not hair,i dont what that is

 

[jejton]

oh man that sucks.

 

[MikeyZO]

I thought fish instinctively knew to stay away from anemones.

 

[ZBT3091]

did he spit it back out? wow that sucks. is that a condy?

 

[ming]

From my experience, a healthy fish unless it swims really slow and the current pushed it into the anemone (seahorse, etc), will be able to escape a RBTA. That wrasse should definitely be able to swim away from it at lightning speed if it was healthy. My guess is something else injured or caused its death and the anemone managed to get it.

I initially thought it was a hair on it as well, so I was thinking it jumped out of the tank, dried and died, and someone picked it off the floor and fed it to the anemone.

 

[nanoreefer22]

From my experience, a healthy fish unless it swims really slow and the current pushed it into the anemone (seahorse, etc), will be able to escape a RBTA. That wrasse should definitely be able to swim away from it at lightning speed if it was healthy. My guess is something else injured or caused its death and the anemone managed to get it.

I initially thought it was a hair on it as well, so I was thinking it jumped out of the tank, dried and died, and someone picked it off the floor and fed it to the anemone.

Ditto

 

[D1J8Z]

I'm constantly pulling my girls:inlove: hair out of my tank :lol:


it sure looks like hair :splitspin



BUT still sucks sorry about your loss

 

[lanacane214]

its not hair,hair would float away with the water flow.that wrasse was my favorite fish he was very healthy,i dont know what happened but im pissed

 

[lanacane214]

if you look at the first picks there no sign of the hair untill he spits him back out

 

[MikeyZO]

I can see it in the first picture. Its below and to the left of the fish. You can see the strand going across the anemone's tenticles. I assume you can't see it in the second picture due to the different angle. Does anyone have long black hair in your house?

 

[lazibonez]

Sorry for your loss. Poor wrasse. Nice hair. J/K. I agree with Ming.

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

i'm so sorry for the fish loss.
caught in the act!!:tongue1:

 

[lanacane214]

the reason i know its not a hair is cause in my house its me my wife and my two little girls 2 and 5 i need a step ladder to get to my tank ,im the only one that takes care of this tank and im got short hair

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

let's play sherlock holmes

There are too many scenarios that this could have happened and hair could have gotten in the tank. The two evidences could gotten into the tank in different time, or they could gotton together not necessarily on the floor. the "hair like thing(exhibit 1)" could have been trapped in the tank earlier and then the fish(victim) jumped-hitting something and faiinted while tagging along with exhibit 1. Suspect seized the chance to over power the victim

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

after seeing new evidence that the clownfish seem happily sitting on the victim, another scenario could be that clownfish get really upset with trepassers and beat the victin then feed it the anemone.

Guys, keep it coming.

 

[ocholoco]

Hair

I think that he has a very hairy fish, Where did you get it? I want one. What's it called?

 

[Wes]

i also agree that RBTA's are not very sticky and don't pack a powerful enough sting to catch a healthy wrasse. The wrasse was either dead or almost dead when he was caught.

 

[JHOV2324]

or maybe there was a hair on your hand or arm when you put it into the tank and the strand choked out the wrasse and the anemone took advantage