Quote Originally Posted by msmith619 View Post
I agree. Many butterflyfish eat anemones as part of their diet. Most also eat corals. They are very pretty but not reef safe. I think he got caught eating the anemone. Either the butterfly was going to kill the anemone or the anemone kill the butterfly. In this case, the anemone won.
Btw, anemones and anemonefish have a mutually beneficial relationship. The anemone provides the fish protection from their predators while the anemonefish fight off anemone's predators, like butterflyfish.

One of my two year old Peppermint shrimps died the other day and I sat and watched it feed it to the nem. Too cool.