Coral eating Fish

Todd · #1 10-19-2006, 03:04 AM

So you thought that you were going to read about someone complaining about their fish bothering their sps corals? Not quite - here are some pictures of a small green chromis being eaten by a green fuzzy mushroom. The chromis had recently been added and had had an altercation with my purple pseduchromis. While harboring his injuries he was swimming close the bottom and when when I was out of the room this happened! I could see him swimming around on the inside of the mushroom when it closed up and then when it opened up he was stuck inside the mushrooms mouth! I have since started target feeding these mushrooms.

P.S. - How do I 'embed' pictures in my posts?

OCDP · #2 10-19-2006, 03:24 AM

Yikes.. did the fish die?

FWIW, this is not uncommon. I have read on a couple occassions of fuzzy mushrooms eating fish.. (clowns, etc..)

Todd · #3 10-19-2006, 03:53 AM

He was fully consumed by the mushroom - nothing left.

Quagmire · #4 10-19-2006, 04:07 AM

He will spit out the bones later

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #5 10-19-2006, 04:45 AM

Mine did the same with my first "frzn mysis-eating" mandarin dragonet. Grrrrrr.

Anthony

Farrmanchu · #6 10-19-2006, 12:56 PM

Good thing is, Shrooms double in growth when target fed all the time. That Shroom is gonna get big!