my tube anenome ate me fuzzy dworf lionfish...
 

has this happened to anyone...

I think it's happened to anyone that ever owned one of those!!

That really sucks. Sorry dude....tube anemones, while pretty, are pretty vicious.

My 2 haven't caught any fish yet.

tube anemones are not meant to be in the display, they should be in there own separate environment. While they are filter feeders, anything that touches them is considered a meal.
Sorry for your loss.

Jason

my tube anemone wont even eat a half inch piece of shrimp only mysis or brine.
do you have a pic of yours mine is the orange with green centre about 7 inch reach at night.
it is the messiest eater in the tank. the only place i get cyano is a 6" circle around the nem

My tube anenome ate 3 fish n a week before I could actually get home to get him out of there.....he now has his own tank c/w 3 chocolate chips and a gorilla crab.... this tank is also my dead fish receptacle....thankfully it doesnt get used to much for that...

Here are my 4 tube anemones in my dsb in the sump.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...u/IMG_1443.jpg

Jason

wow
 

i can't believe a tube anemone eat your dwaft lionfish, sorry for your lost, i love lionfih fish so beautiful! i used to have a dwarf one years ago and i loved it.

My puffer ate a tube anenome once.

Sorry for your loss :neutral:

Tube anemone as killers/hunters of fish is an Urban Myth.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...004/invert.htm

^^ Good read. Interesting that although they should be mainly filter feeders, many here seem to have experiences where they ate fish. I wonder if they are simply not getting what they need from these tanks and take the opportunity to eat a fish that happens to rest on them?

I only have about 5 minutes experience keeping a tube anenome because I tried one in with my puffers, so I don't know anything about them really except they look cool.

i feed my tube anenome every day brime &mysis..i dont understand the urban myth thing when i seen half of my lion fish in my tube anenome...

Either you have a very large tube anemone or a very small lion. My tube anemones reject anything bigger then half an inch

my lion fish was 3.5 inch and my tube anenome 1.5-2 inch wide

What color is the tube anemone. most of the reports i have heard about deal with the pink/orange ones.

Jason

I don't doubt that it was munching on your lionfish but a "smokin' gun" is not proof that it actually snagged it, then killed it and then started feasting on it.

Sorry for your loss. Lions are very pretty fish.

My Carpet ate my powder blue last night...witnessed it...No video tho...

green tube anenome

Do you have a pic? i have never seen a green tube anemone

Jason

Here's a pic of my green tube anemone
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...anemone050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...onetank008.jpg

My mantis killed my tube anenome when it crawled into its lair, probably not such a good idea. :sad: