carpet anemone ate my clownfish

[marklugo23]

i had 2 clownfish in the tank alone with a carpet anemone and a bubble tip anemone. and today when i turned on the lights one of them had a couple of marks that another clown got from the carpet anemone but that clown pulled through as i thought this one would. so i left for work and when i came home from work there was only one clown in the tank, i moved the rock and found nothing.. :-(

 

[KathyC]

Sorry

 

[marklugo23]

so now my carpet has eaten my midnight photon clown, my baby oscellaris clown, my black and white clown and my yellow watchman, unbelievable

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Dude feed that carpet!!! Silversides man silversides, and put it on the other side of the tank

 

[marklugo23]

im just taking it out and bringing it back to my friend

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Aww sorry bro , sometimes these things happen , compatability and space in our reef systems is an on going issue, hope things work out for ya

 

[reefoman]

Yes it is unbelievable but true...
Sorry to hear about your loss.
Carpets are one of the most aggressive anemones in salt water tanks (there are much more aggressive which even can kill human but so far nobody keeps them in aquariums)
It is no matter if you'll feed your carpet or not this creature will kill anything around to grow big as fast as he can.
Mostly anemones reacting for glucose in the fish skin (clowns (and some other species like bangaii cardinals) has no glucose) that's why anemones don't even feel hosting fish, but looks like your carpet don't need to feel glucose to figure out that dinner is within.

 

[Dre]

so now my carpet has eaten my midnight photon clown, my baby oscellaris clown, my black and white clown and my yellow watchman, unbelievable

You're lucky it didn't eat you. :lol2: Why you waited soo long to take it out man? :eat:

 

[marklugo23]

just noticed my chromis missing too and its not in my sump, fml

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

what kind and how big is the carpet you have?

 

[Mike389]

just noticed my chromis missing too and its not in my sump, fml

Haha that sucks get rid of the dam thing already lol

 

[marklugo23]

i do i have it sitting in a net in my sump, hopefully it does no more damange, my luck it breaks my return pump lol

 

[Mike389]

that would suck lmfao

 

[SavasZinon]

How big is the carpet?

 

[marklugo23]

I already got rid of it but it was probably 6" all around

 

[SavasZinon]

Wow, big!

 

[Imbarrie]

6 inches in diameter?
That isnt all that big. I have heard of them eating more than other nems, but never a clownfish.
This sucks mostly because they are still interesting and cool looking nems.

 

[bigdog1428]

What color ? Maybe interested in trade