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[Crazy fishes]

Just a quick question to the forum....... well two. My urchin and plate coral have shown a side to them that is well different in their usual dietary requirements. My urchin (Diadema Setosum) has eaten my little anemone recently and this morning I found my plate coral was sucking up the remaining end of my biggest bristleworm.. Has anyone else experienced this?? I know that plate corals like some meat foods but I never thought it would eat my previously live and well bristleworm.

Regards

 

[SkiFletch]

Wierd... I've seen a Cynarina devour a small dead clownfish, so I suppose a plate eating a bristleworm isn't out of the question. The urchin is bizzare... Sure the nem isn't just hiding in the rock?

 

[Crazy fishes]

I removed the anemone from the tank...... after removing the urchin from the anemone and it was half eaten with its 'inards' spilling into the water. I thought in the spirit of protecting the other tank inhabitants that this was the best path to follow. How strange!! I guess we can say Diadema are carnivorous afterall

Regards