Aptasia eating Occ. clown!

[fishman1069]

Well I got some fish the other day that included a pair of Occellaris clowns. Last night I noticed one of the clowns freakin out! He seemed so stressed, just hangin in the top corner of the tank. I scooped him out and threw him in my Display fuge. I woke up this morning and seen this:

R.I.P little guy:irked:

 

[daisy]

wow - that last picture was intense!

 

[ryangrieder]

That's crazy! Id throw that guy in the snow!

 

[Levito]

Tank raised ocellaris clowns generally sleep at the top of the tank, and will flail around when disturbed at night. So when you grabbed him and threw him in the fuge, that's when he got stressed out and he prob died before the aiptasia got a hold of him. Pretty crazy to see that though, I didn't know a little aiptasia could take down a whole clownfish.

 

[aquascaper82]

omg........................ that's so sad........ =(

 

[E.intheC]

tank raised ocellaris clowns generally sleep at the top of the tank, and will flail around when disturbed at night. So when you grabbed him and threw him in the fuge, that's when he got stressed out and he prob died before the aiptasia got a hold of him. Pretty crazy to see that though, i didn't know a little aiptasia could take down a whole clownfish.

+1.

 

[guarda]

My tank bred false occ. always hangs out in the top corner at night... That really sucks man

 

[fishman1069]

No I didnt just jump the gun when I seen him, he was freakin out all day. I just got the pair off Domboski the other day. This guy, for some reason, broke away from the other and just started stressing out. Now although I didnt see it, Im blaming my Bi-color psudeochromis for the stress. I knew that the psudeo was gonna be a problem but I figured adding a few fish at once it would confuse the lil d**khead! I added a yellow tang, the pair of occ and 3 blue chromis. Now before everyone freaks out on me for adding soo many fish at once, my tank has been up for 2 years and I only had the psudeo and a diamond goby in there. I feel really bad for the lil clown, he was soo cute. The other one is doin fine and is now hosting my nem. Its funny tho, I figured the psudeo would go after the chromis before the clowns, but he dosent even bother them.

 

[Alex]

That is an amazing pic...

I think it was probably on its last fins when the aiptasia got a hold of him.

 

[Tommy Boy]

WOW that aptasia is BEAST, but like every one above said it had to be on its way out so all the aptasia did was just showed it the door.

 

[Reef Reaper]

Sorry for your loss!! That's a big aiptasia!!

 

[fishman1069]

Thanx guys. Yeah, I think Id rather have the aptasia eat it then have it rotting away under a rock somewhere. Im just glad I had the chance to take pics of it. I've spot feed the nem before but never seen it eat a fish! Btw this aptasia is in a display refugium, so there are no other animals that can be accidentally munched on by him!

 

[FlexLuthor]

I've aiptasia eat pods before, but never a full fish....wow.
I have seen huge ones though.
Would a clown ever try to host one?

 

[fishman1069]

I dont think the aptasia would give a clown a chance to host it,it would probably eat it first!

 

[Mattl22]

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[ed51802]

Sorry about your clown man was it the one with the half bar

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[fishman1069]

Sorry about your clown man was it the one with the half bar

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Yeah it was, thats the most disappointing thing about it:irked:

 

[noobzy]

Wow.

 

[fishman1069]

Aptasia bit off more than it can chew!!!

Well I went to check to see how the aptasia was digesting the clown and what I found was messed up! I guess the apt bite off a lil more than it could chew cause this is what I found

So after all that **** this morning, I still had to pluck a slimy, dead fish outta the tank :angry-banghead:

 

[noobzy]

Mutually assured destruction... so '80s of them