skunk clown, charged with homicide

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  1. muecyl

    muecyl Feather Duster

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    has anyone here ever had a pink skunk clown eat other fish? first it at my 6-line wrasse and now my damsel.
    #%$#@%$!!!!!!!:uzi::uzi::uzi:
     
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  3. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Really? IME the skunk clowns are the mildest mannered clowns.
     
  4. Screwtape

    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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    What makes you think the clown is actually eating the others? Are you witnessing this, or are the other fish just disappearing and only your one clown is left?
     
  5. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    I wouldnt doubt it could kill them defending its territory but I highly doubt it would eat them. Maybe there just lost somewhere in there.
     
  6. muecyl

    muecyl Feather Duster

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    Eat I guess "eating" would be cannibalism, this was just homicide... funny thing though, he was the last introduced.
    My thought too, though this was a mild mannered fish.
     
  7. the fisherman

    the fisherman Vlamingii Tang

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    You sure they didn't jump out of the tank?
     
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  9. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    My 6-line just decided to go carpet surfing after I added my tang. He's now a 6 line potato chip. If spooked, they jump - check the floor around your tank.
     
  10. GreyGhost

    GreyGhost Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Nassarius Vibex will eat a fish rather quickly if he dies at night enough of them could have him gone by morning. Dont judge the clown so quickly, let the jury decide his fate.