Plate Coral vs. Dragonet

xcali1985

xcali1985

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The plate won, i watched as the dragon hovered over it and the plate reached out and grabbed it and almost swallowed it whole. Was amazing but scary at the same time. By the time I was able to get to it the damage had been done. Now hes crab food. :s. Similar situation happened about 3 weeks ago when a few of my daisy polyps broke off and fell onto my brain coral. It opened up and tried to swallow the entire piece.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3292497
WOW...I had no clue that a plate coral could do that

Too bad you didn't get a pic...


OMG..I didn't either..that is one coral that would find a new home for sure, if it were me..Are you goin to keep it.
 
xcali1985

xcali1985

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No pic, I was actually believe it or not more worried about the coral than the fish. By the time I had gotten the fish out it had already opened its mouth almost 2 inches and was attempting to swallow it whole. Its a Long tentacle Plate Coral. Below is a picture of the actual coral. It stretched about 2 inches more than normal to capture it. I rubbed my hand across it and the ends of the coral have some type of suction on them as it grabbed my hand with a decent grip. When I removed the fish from it it also wouldn't let it go right away. Weird.
 
xcali1985

xcali1985

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Ohh yea, going to keep the coral. Im upgrading to a 240 from my 80 soon, hopefully it will be big enough for them to survive together.
 
yannifish

yannifish

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3293047
The fish in the video isn't even struggling.... IMO,he was in a weakened state to begin with.
That or it has already been killed by the coral.
However, I can't imagine a coral being able to catch a healthy tang, so I agree.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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I've seen fish with half their flesh gone and they are still fighting... that doesn't look digested enough to have died simply from that, IMO.
 
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