Clown vs ricoridea

[Neilfox]

So my clown has been hosting my ric for a couple months. This afternoon I got home and noticed the ric closed up( never happens) and the clown gone??? It's been hours still no clown. I fed the tank and still nothing. I'm now sure now that the ric ate the clown. Anyone else had this happen?

 

[Shirtlessbill]

I'm not saying your wrong but what were their sizes. I have some decent size ricordias and I can't imagine them eating any fish

 

[Neilfox]

Ric 6" round huge clown 1.5 "

 

[bribo12]

I highly doubt your ricordea ate your clown.

 

[Neilfox]

That's it? Why?

 

[bribo12]

It takes most of my corals a good hour to eat a large piece of shrimp. A ricordea would take forever to actually consume a large clownfish.

 

[Neilfox]

I went to work at 6 am home at 4:30 pm could have been enough time . the clown sleeps in the ric. Also the only carnivore in the tank is a mandarin goby.

 

[Neilfox]

If needed

 

[Holygral]

I have a tank for, they are the last thing to worry about as fas as killing and eating a fish, they are mushrooms

 

[Mebbid]

Mushrooms aren't strong enough to pull a fish in to eat it with the exception of maybe some fry and definitely not a 1.5" fish. They are very squishy and dont have a lot of strength when it cones to closing. Have you tried feeding the tank? Barring that is it possible the clown could have gone carpet surfing?

 

[Neilfox]

I thought the same thing checked everywhere and no clown. Odd thing. Still no sign of him. I have had him a year or more very healthy active fish.

 

[Lloydxmas]

Have you checked your overflow or sump to see if he got sucked in?

 

[Neilfox]

Yes, everything is screened off but checked anyway. Rechecked the floor all the way around the tank?

 

[Lloydxmas]

Any hungry animals waiting outside the tank?

 

[Neilfox]

Yes a mean cat. Full lid on the tank but I added a sea hare two nights ago. I thought I had seen the clown last night . any thing can happen though I have found reefing. Sure was a fun fish to watch.