Coral Hind April 22, 2009 Share April 22, 2009 Well, I came home from work and did my normal tank census to find out I was missing a GBTA. Then I found it barely sticking out of a RBTA. All the tenticles and most of the body was inside the Rose. By the time I returned with the camera is started to spit it out. Not much left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 OMG i didn't know that was possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 wow darn dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaze98 April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 WOW! Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 When things devour each other it can be kinda cool --but yeah it can also be expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 Do has the rose started to act sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDiver April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 that's awesome..and sorry for your loss of course.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 I would like to know how exactly that GBTA even got into the clutches of the RBTA. Would it not have had to basically make its way right up to it,? And why on earth would it get close enough to touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROLL April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 If it eats Majano, please frag some of them for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 23, 2009 Author Share April 23, 2009 Do has the rose started to act sick? The Rose is fine but I threw the GBTA away this morning. The victim was attached to a small piece of rubble and was slightly above the Rose. I am guessing that it fell into the rose. I would have figured the rose would have just deflated and moved instead of eating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 I find this subject very interesting. I wonder if there is a record anywhere of this type of anemone behavior - anyone know of anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 I wonder if your RBTA + GBTA will turn in to a YBTA? You could get rich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardofNOVA April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 I wonder if your RBTA + GBTA will turn in to a YBTA? You could get rich! Somebody slap him! That's the first time I heard of that too! I wonder if it came loose and fell into the RBTA and instinct took its toll? Might explain why it spit it out? I guess the digestive juices are stronger that the GBTA? Chips Anenome tank is loaded with BTA and it seems they don't have any issues either? Post 5700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 Somebody slap him! I resemble that remark! Where do you think things like THIS come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 That's fascinating, they must be different enought genetically / proteinaciously that the rose viewed the green as a competitor. In the past I've seen them dissolve other adjascent Cnidarins and vice versa, but another E. quad, that's super weird. Maybe some taxonomic revision should be in order for the Entacmaea. Are they both clones? wild caught? do they have any ancestors or progenitors still living together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUBAKAH April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 Interestingly enough, I had this happen about 5 months ago, and didn't think anything about it. I figured it was more of just a killing of the other specie. I actually added a GBTA to a tank with 4 RBTA's last night. I'm hoping this is something not in the norm, as I didn't expect it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiCurtis April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 Interestingly enough, I had this happen about 5 months ago, and didn't think anything about it. I figured it was more of just a killing of the other specie. I actually added a GBTA to a tank with 4 RBTA's last night. I'm hoping this is something not in the norm, as I didn't expect it was. My green and red live side by side and my red is 4 times larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 23, 2009 Author Share April 23, 2009 [quote name='Mich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano April 23, 2009 Share April 23, 2009 hey... don't blame me... I was feeding the RBTA tofu and piping sanskrit music into the tank. dano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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