warning, things may get graphic..
I'm trying to reason why my Red Bubble Tip Anemone (RBTA) consumed my precious platinum clownfish that it hosted for the past 2 months. It all started after a long day, I came home and check my small 10 gallon tank that housed my pair of platinums and only saw one of them nestled on top of my RBTA. I panicked and turned off my skimmer, turned over some rocks, and thoroughly cleared off the cloths on my floor around my tank to see if it jumped out. Unfortunately no luck rescuing, in this case locating the body.
Then finally after looking at my RBTA, I brushed its tentacles upward and through the transparency of the shaft of its body, I see the face of my once beautiful platinum pressed up on the inner lining of the stomach of this beast. I stood there speechless starring at its face as its head protrudes outward as if it was trying to escape thru the skin and I could see clearly its eyes, mouth, and the boundaries of what little orange it had on its face through the anemone's stomach lining.
I held myself back from trying to pull the body out. At least I didn't have to feed the anemone tonight.
Maybe my fish died and the anemone ate its body just because? But ever since I had them, they ate all the time and fatten up. Even lately had been displaying mating habits like cleaning nearby rocks.
Did my anemone turn on them cause I haven't feed it shrimp chunks like i normally do in the pass few days?
Has anyone had their anemone turn on their clowns like this?
I know one thing.. i'm getting a razor and a cutting board, then physically propagating this crap out of this RBTA until i get my money back...
I'm trying to reason why my Red Bubble Tip Anemone (RBTA) consumed my precious platinum clownfish that it hosted for the past 2 months. It all started after a long day, I came home and check my small 10 gallon tank that housed my pair of platinums and only saw one of them nestled on top of my RBTA. I panicked and turned off my skimmer, turned over some rocks, and thoroughly cleared off the cloths on my floor around my tank to see if it jumped out. Unfortunately no luck rescuing, in this case locating the body.
Then finally after looking at my RBTA, I brushed its tentacles upward and through the transparency of the shaft of its body, I see the face of my once beautiful platinum pressed up on the inner lining of the stomach of this beast. I stood there speechless starring at its face as its head protrudes outward as if it was trying to escape thru the skin and I could see clearly its eyes, mouth, and the boundaries of what little orange it had on its face through the anemone's stomach lining.
I held myself back from trying to pull the body out. At least I didn't have to feed the anemone tonight.
Maybe my fish died and the anemone ate its body just because? But ever since I had them, they ate all the time and fatten up. Even lately had been displaying mating habits like cleaning nearby rocks.
Did my anemone turn on them cause I haven't feed it shrimp chunks like i normally do in the pass few days?
Has anyone had their anemone turn on their clowns like this?
I know one thing.. i'm getting a razor and a cutting board, then physically propagating this crap out of this RBTA until i get my money back...
