Elegance coral ate a clownfish

[Phlex]

I dont know if this is the right forum for this post, but Im seriously concerned that my elegance coral may not be getting enough nurishment from the food I feed the tank.

I watched in horror this morning as my newest edition (elegance coral) about 2 weeks in the tank, devoured my clownfish.

The clownfish never hosted it, never even swam around it. I looked in the tank this morning, and saw my clown entangled in the elegance, while it was closed up. I could see from what was still sticking out that it was decomposing rather fast. I saw this at 9:30am EST, at 12:30 EST there was no sign of the clownfish, not even bits and pieces.

If anyone knows anything about this, I'd love some advice/knowledge for the future.

My actual question is, do elgance corals eat fish? (normally)

 

[Fishfan321]

Wow that is gruesome and horrible. I do not know anything about this coral and I would leave it up to people with higher knowledge on this thread. Sorry for the loss

from, Adam

 

[mrg02d]

Im willing to bet the clown died and drifted over to the coral.

Matt

 

[Phlex]

I would have to agree with you mrg.. I decided to buy just 1 damsel, and im gonna leave it in the tank for a month or so, to see if it survives. Everything tests out fine, and the clownfish wasnt that old, like 3 months in tank. But the Elegance coral may have introduced somethin to the water that caused the clown to get sick.. Dont know for sure.