violence

[sfin52]

My poor little yellow tail was bitten in half
Tank mates
Mel wrasse
Cinnamon clown
2yellow tails
Benghi cardinal
Pink spot watchman
Tobby puffer.

Top of my list is the cinnamon clown.

Mouth to mouth and tourniquet did not help.

 

[Dsnakes]

Yikes! What is the clowns size comparison?

 

[Katrina71]

Horrible! I'm so sorry!

 

[sfin52]

Yikes! What is the clowns size comparison?

3x
Clowns about 4-5 inches damsel is maybe 2

 

[Hitman]

That’s a tell tail sign of your Toby Puffer. A clown can’t do that clean of a bite.

 

[Katrina71]

Honestly, I'd say several suspects...

 

[CindyKz]

Are you sure it wasn't dead and a CUC member did that?

 

[Dsnakes]

That’s a tell tail sign of your Toby Puffer. A clown can’t do that clean of a bite.

That was my first thought, but don’t Tobys have a fairly small mouth?

 

[sfin52]

That’s a tell tail sign of your Toby Puffer. A clown can’t do that clean of a bite.

Toby maybe 3 inches. He is a nipper goes after my fingers in the tank. ;Nailbiting

 

[sfin52]

That was my first thought, but don’t Tobys have a fairly small mouth?

Thats my thought too. Never takes huge bites picks at the frozen cubs.

 

[Hitman]

That was my first thought, but don’t Tobys have a fairly small mouth?

Your right I had to google it and as soon as I saw the pic I said to small of a mouth. That fish looks like a knife cut it pretty clean I have a hard time thinking a clown can do that. I’m puzzled on this one.

 

[sfin52]

Are you sure it wasn't dead and a CUC member did that?

No clean up crew pink spot,Toby and Mel make sure of that. I tried gone in minutes.

 

[sfin52]

clowns mouth is the only thing big enough. But I thought they couldnt do that clean of a cut.

 

[Katrina71]

How big is your pink spot?

 

[Peace River]

I'm just brainstorming - is it possible that it wasn't a fish but rather it got into a powerhead?

 

[sfin52]

I'm just brainstorming - is it possible that it wasn't a fish but rather it got into a powerhead?

That would have chopped it up in little pieces and made a mess not a clean cut

 

[Hitman]

clowns mouth is the only thing big enough. But I thought they couldnt do that clean of a cut.

In 25 years of keeping clowns I’ve never seen that! Is it possible sure anything is. I almost wonder if you have a viscous tank hitchhiker that you haven’t seen yet. Heck I had a polyclad flatworm the size of a baseball that eat all my clams and snails over a year before I saw it. There’s others on here that haven’t added anything in years and found a Bobbit worm.

 

[erk]

Clown doesn't have the power to do that either. I would actually suspect a power head or maybe a rock collapse. Something mechanical.

 

[Katrina71]

That looks like a wide mouth. Like a Goby to me. Andrew's is absolutely capable of that.

 

[sfin52]

Clown doesn't have the power to do that either. I would actually suspect a power head or maybe a rock collapse. Something mechanical.

Rocks havnt moved all good this after noon. A power head would have pulled it through beating the fish up. This was a clean cut like a razor blade.