Casey Quek Jl Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I had a bagaii cardinal for about 3 days.. when my acan coral "ate" it. I woke up this morning to see half its body inside the coral. the cardinal is about the same size or alittle bigger. is this a threat to my other fishes? or a normal habit for acan corals. New reefer.2g tank. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member angmoh Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 i think ur fish had dead and accidentally fell onto the acans Quote >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idle69 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Unless its a mutant acan wif 1 meter tentacles n hungry 4 cardinals...I agree wif Angmoh n tink is a 1 time incident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member brojj Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 Incredible. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member brojj Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 Incredible. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member fatbike Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 I used to "accidentally" drop the dead bodies of my small fishes onto my lps, n they usually will b accidentally get eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Patrick Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 Amazing photo of a coral eating a fish! But will the coral choke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member angmoh Posted June 18, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 it will slowly melt them in their mouth.. just like a chocolate melt in your mouth... Quote >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin81 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Amazing. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef garden Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Such incidents involving lps eating fishes are not frequent but it's not unheard of too. You should be wary when you have big mouthed lps eg. prata, elegance, and small fishes because the sweeping stinging tentacles of the lps are meant to immobilize prey and capture them as food for the corals, which happens mostly when the lights are turned off and particularly when the fishes venture too near to them. Quote Aquarium 3 - 250 liters with sump and refugium Jebao DC 6000 pump with speed controller Skimz skimmer AI Hydra 52 HD Hailea HS-66A (1/4 hp) chiller Maxspect Gyre TLF Phosban reactors with Phosban Tunze nano osmolator Marine Magic Triplet Dosing Aquarium 1 - 27 litres Atman HF-0600 HOB filter Maxspect Razor Nano 60W (10,000 K) AOL 60 litres chiller Tunze Nano Osmolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourdi3 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 woah seldom hear acan eat fish. so far personally is anemone eat clown fish but i think should be dead before turning into a meal. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David5077 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Tks for sharing so I will skip of buying Bagaii cardinal if it really eat fishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member solasido Posted June 23, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 23, 2013 Saw similar thing happens with hammer coral and a dead juvenile true percula at AM yesterday. The head is already swallowed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Evolutionz Posted June 23, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted June 23, 2013 i agree that the fish is already dead.. everytime my cleaner shrimp molt, the shell will be eaten by my green open brain.. Quote EvolutionZ's Floating Reef: (Decommed) EvolutionZ's 4ft shallow Mixed Reef Build : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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