Lyretail Anthia ate bristleworm

[mermaid_life]

SO I was just turkey basting my tank rocks and a medium sized bristle worm came flying out. The larger of my lyretails right away came out and swallowed him whole. my clown fish tried doing that once and immediately started smacking her lips from the stingers. I expected the lyretail to spit it out right away since he's such a picky eater to begin with. What do you guys think? He'll be OK???

 

[blaxsun]

It's not like you can ask for the worm back, lol.

 

[mermaid_life]

It's not like you can ask for the worm back, lol.

LOL true!

 

[Sean Clark]

I always think about animals that eat things whole like crocodiles and sharks, how bad of a slow death is that for the seal that just got swallowed buy the shark? Does the shark get an upset tummy from that live seal still kicking around in there? Perhaps it will suffocate after a few minutes. Still not fun to be swallowed whole by a sarlacc.