Fish eating Palys

[Jeremy S.]

I was messing around in my tank one day and was feeding baby guppies from my breeder tank to some corals. Lo and behold my Palys happily started eating the guppies. They grabbed hold and completely ate any guppies I fed to them. I met with David today to get some corals and showed him a video and he could barely believe it. Any one else ever had this experience?

 

[thegrilledcheesus]

I do believe that you palys are plotting to kill you

 

[Jeremy S.]

I'm waiting to wake up and they be crawling out of the tank coming for me.

 

[gmoney243]

Sounds like an 80s movie plot staring Rick Moranis

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[thegrilledcheesus]

They be climbin in yo windows
snatchin yo people up
so hide yo kids
hide yo wives
and hide yo husbands
cuz palys be killin erryone up in here :xd:

 

[Jeremy S.]

Video of them eating a blend of food. More videos to come. Just have to upload them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzwdjd-uHk&sns=em

 

[Jeremy S.]

Here's an older video of them eating actual guppies. Ignore the majano!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4f7xYNWmI&sns=em

 

[bknapp]

Crazy!

 

[Jeremy S.]

So what happened to these being only photosynthetic???

 

[Dowtish]

Do they actually consume the whole fish? or just hold onto it for a while and then let it go?

 

[Jeremy S.]

They consume the entire fish. I've sat and watched them do it. I will have to get a nice time lapse tomorrow.

 

[El Chavito]

Dang!!! Thats crazy. Without the proof it would be hard to believe. Thanks for sharing


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[Jeremy S.]

Ill have even harder evidence tomorrow once my lights are back on! Lol

 

[solar]

I have seen them eat brine shrimp and mysis shrimp but never whole fish!
That's cool.

 

[quigimon]

I occasionally spot feed mine, that's when they started growing quite nicely.

 

[NeveSSL]

So what happened to these being only photosynthetic???

I don't think that's ever been the case, as you're seeing. They're cnidarians.

Brandon

 

[nerdwolf]

sucks to be a baby guppy.

 

[Jeremy S.]

Has it ever not sucked to be a guppy at all?

 

[nerdwolf]

Has it ever not sucked to be a guppy at all?

Well it's all relative, as they say, but I guess being put in saltwater sucks if you didn't evolve to live in it. Plus I imagine getting eaten by a Paly is probably how Boba Fett felt getting eaten by a Sarlaac. But really who knows, it could feel great.