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Reefdude
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 08:40 PM
Will an Elephant Ear Mushroom act as an anemone and eat a fish...i just got home from class and my wife pointed out that are missing a fish and one of the above mentioned mushrooms was alll wrapped up and swollen!!!!!!!! is it possible??
:cry:

utmachete
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 08:55 PM
Yes they can eat slow or stupid fish. I have one in my tank but haven't had this happen yet. Sucks to be that little fishy.

Reefdude
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 08:57 PM
I must have the most stupid fish then.

Richard
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 08:59 PM
Here is a link to some info

http://www.bluebin.net/corals/corallimorphs.html

TexasState
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 09:04 PM
Are you talking about the mushroom that you traded from me? I forgot that there were two mushrooms on that shell. You can try to seperate them so they have more breathing room. They are pretty slow on closing up. I know b/c I gave up trying to manualy feed it. I put try to put a porcelain crab on it ( that use to live in my bubble tip anemone.) The porcelain walked away b4 the mushroom close up on them.

Janice
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 09:11 PM
Maybe it was already dead when it landed on the mushroom?

TexasState
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 09:17 PM
Or it finally got really hungry. Bad Ben for starving his corals. :lol:
Just kidding.

MikeP
Tue, 4th Feb 2003, 10:26 PM
I've seen pictures of one that trapped a bangaii somewhere. I have a few bullseye mushrooms which are very similar, anyone know if they can be predaceous when larger?