The lost fish to anemone club, How did it happen

[basile]

Well it a somber day for me i lost my first fish to my nem today. A brush with death it was nematocyst got the best of him while i was gone for a few hours. My newly aquired clowns may have had a "hand" in this as they are known to coerce other fish into a trap, notice the nem's mantel , very high upon the glass .

One bad turn, and its touchdown. I took a few hours for him to die, he first lied on his side and try to swim it off but in the end . The other fishes seem to know he was dying they were swiming close and very slowly, very creepy. i had to pick him up this morning behing the rockwork, i finally gave him to the nem , her prize...saved me a few frozen fish for the week because feeding her every other day i decided not to feed her this week, she got her lot for the week now.

Picture before the lights on, natural light, Purple Saddleback , Stichodactyla haddoni below with white lights only and Amphiprion clarkii;

So the question is how many fish did you loose so far with you nem and how did it happened?


Do you feed your dead fish to your nem too?

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[ReeferBen]

Only time I lost a fish to a nem was if the fish was already sick. I have had a slow small fish trapped by a large rhodactis shroom :shocked:

 

[Stemick]

I lost my black male clown and a mandarin goby to my RBTA both in a two day span. It was weird cause neverhad an issue before and have not had an issue since.

 

[Tahoe61]

In the future you want to avoid feeding the anemone that large of a fish, regardless of if the fish was killed by the anemone, you're just asking or a bacterial infection.

 

[basile]

In the future you want to avoid feeding the anemone that large of a fish, regardless of if the fish was killed by the anemone, you're just asking or a bacterial infection.

I don't understand. Why would that create a bacterial infection.

 

[Tahoe61]

An anemone may not be able to completely digest the fish before the fish begins to decay/rot, bacteria love dead tissue.

 

[basile]

An anemone may not be able to completely digest the fish before the fish begins to decay/rot, bacteria love dead tissue.

Thanks learned a good tip today.

 

[bairdimusprime]

I had a carpet eat a Helfrichi Firefish... man was i upset needless to say i went all BTA after that

 

[AL1]

Carpet stung a fox face...lost the fox face and ditched the carpet nem shortly after

 

[Ike]

4 confirmed to my blue carpet, perhaps one or two others that just went missing. Just sticking with the clownfish and a yellow damsel in that tank from now on.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I lost my Kole tang to my h. crispa and my h. crispa to the Kole tang.

 

[NanaReefer]

2 Maxi Minis = 4 fish gone! Saw 2 get eaten and the skeleton of another being regurgitated, the 4th I'm assuming. Stickiest nems ever! Fish just brushed up against them and that was it

 

[geckoejon]

2 Maxi Minis = 4 fish gone! Saw 2 get eaten and the skeleton of another being regurgitated, the 4th I'm assuming. Stickiest nems ever! Fish just brushed up against them and that was it

i can relate....

8 rock flower nems = 3 fish gone.... 2 yellow watchman gobies, and an awesome fancy ocellaris all within 2 weeks. the gobies went missing, but i saw the clown getting eaten. i took it out and gave it to my frogfish :tongue: then i sold rock nems. the clown was the last straw. now i just have bta's in that tank.

 

[Codemonkey812]

I lost a copper banded butterfly to a BTA less than one minute after adding the fish to the tank. It just swam straight into it. I pulled the butterfly out and put it into a hospital tank but it died by the next morning.

 

[shred5]

Be interesting to see who hasnt lost one to a anemone...
Also it should just be Mertens, gigantea and haddoni and other anemones that are knows too eat fish...
Bta's would not eat a fish, most unless really weak can get away.

I just lost two fish to, get this: my maxi minis (Stichodactyla tapetum)..

They caught both my fire fish...