Rough day...

[REBridges]

Rough day...

My maroon clown that I had for 1.5 years was dinner for my angler today. They had been together for such a long time I figured it wasnt a problem. The angler is obviously happy. He is nice and fat now., but I moved him to the another tank afterwards....So I went and got 2 clowns to pair together. I guess from being nervous, one of the clowns went to go hide. But one of my eel's got him. I didnt personally see it, but there was an obvious bulge in his stomach. So I got one more clown and so far they seem to be getting along now...I guess it was a mistake from feeding the eels every other day, to every 3 days, and the angler once a week...I hope all goes well from here...

[RayAllen]

Natural habits, Predators normally eat things that will fit in their mouths. A lot of times things that you think are to big for them arent. Good Luck with your new clowns.

This is the reason people nomally have a strictly predator tank versus mixing and taking a chance on loosing livestock. Ive been there done that.

[Europhyllia]

Are you still comfortable with this type of set up?
There have been some great deals here recently on used tanks. You could consider having a separate system for the 'feeder' fish rather than mixing them with the predators.
I think even if they don't get eaten immediately chances are it's a pretty stressful environment for them.

[Mike]

We worry a little about my 75g, specifically about the antennata lion and my long nose hawk. Size wise I would say there is no way the lion could eat him, but we still worry. The lion is a little slow, I think he is a little special Ed and the hawk is a lot smarter, so hopefully we will not have that issue.