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MonsterMinis

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So woke up today.. and Stubby.. one of our leopard eels. who had an inccident w/ the filter impeller awhile ago has learned a new trick... He ate one of the eyes out of my Panda Goldfish. Or at least I surmise it was him. As the only other tank mates are a very small bumblebee catfish ( approx 1.5" ) and 3 adult platies. Never even crossed my mind that the eel might take-out the goldfishes eyes until this am when I wke up and looked inot the tank. It looks like it was simply popped out. the eyesocket is clean, but you can see where the eye was forcefully detached. I've seen burst eyes on goldfish. Otherwise my goldfish is swimming around happy as can be... :screwy: Anyone else ever have a spiney do such a thing to slow moveing fish? And here I thought it was going to be a good match-up :confused:

btw atm I moved the goldfish to my planted tank that just has a few shrimp in it. So he doesn't lose the other eye >.<
 
snookman;4774942; said:
My tire track does this to the feeder comets i keep in his tank for my other fish in a bigger tank. He's only about 7" but goes right up to the comets that are 1"-2.5" long. I've never caught him doing it but have seen him poised like a snake ready to strike. No other tank mates so I know it's him.
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Hungry goldfish (especially the faster types, like single-tails) will eat the eyes out of other goldfish. It's probably your goldfish eating eachother's eyes.
 
When he says "panda goldfish" does he mean a telescope panda? If so, their eyes are very sensitive, and can be injured easily, so I'd imagine another fish (even the platies, livebearers always pick on sick/injured fish, I had mollies push an elderly angelfish over the edge/finish him off.)

Of course it is entirely possible the eel did it, but unless you see it yourself, you can never be sure.
 
By Panda .. I mean black moor thats white/black. the only thing i can possibly see is it mashed it's eye on the driftwood in the tank. But like I said. the eye looks like it was literally sucked out. the fish was 100% healthy prior to the incident. Was curiouse if anyone else has had this anomoly happen. I've also seen goldfish eat eachothers eyes.. but its pretty rare. Usually it happens when the fish are starved and/or the eye has already been damaged in some way. I know my tire track eel will eat small fish. and my fires have "nipped" me a time or two that the power these fish have is entirely possible to suck an eye out. I've had no problems with my fires and their tank-mates 'nore my tire track and his tank-mates. Only with the clumbsy goldfish.. def not discounting the possibility he did it to himself. But the tank has live plants, and drfitwood. the intake tube is to snug for him to get trapped between it and the glass. even with missing 1 eye he couldn't get his head behind it.

drgn, try holding onto a nightcrawler or strip of fish for your tire track.. They remind me alot of boney-tounges. not much for teeth but they clamp down hard.

btw the culprit is a 8" leopard eel or M. Dayi. and the godlfish is about 4" so the eye would be on the larger side, but I don't think unreasonablly so. I also put teh goldfish back in teh tank ( he started eating all my plants) and since been peachy keen.. but stays the heck away from the driftwood and the eels spot, and swims away when he sees the eel. where before loseing the eye he would go almost nose to nose with him.

So it was either the driftwood or the eel. I just found the whole thing odd.

Oh btw.. S(he) agrees.. lol... I didn't see it.. so it is possible the spiney is innocent.
 
MonsterMinis;4791553; said:
By Panda .. I mean black moor thats white/black. the only thing i can possibly see is it mashed it's eye on the driftwood in the tank. But like I said. the eye looks like it was literally sucked out. the fish was 100% healthy prior to the incident. Was curiouse if anyone else has had this anomoly happen. I've also seen goldfish eat eachothers eyes.. but its pretty rare. Usually it happens when the fish are starved and/or the eye has already been damaged in some way. I know my tire track eel will eat small fish. and my fires have "nipped" me a time or two that the power these fish have is entirely possible to suck an eye out. I've had no problems with my fires and their tank-mates 'nore my tire track and his tank-mates. Only with the clumbsy goldfish.. def not discounting the possibility he did it to himself. But the tank has live plants, and drfitwood. the intake tube is to snug for him to get trapped between it and the glass. even with missing 1 eye he couldn't get his head behind it.

drgn, try holding onto a nightcrawler or strip of fish for your tire track.. They remind me alot of boney-tounges. not much for teeth but they clamp down hard.

btw the culprit is a 8" leopard eel or M. Dayi. and the godlfish is about 4" so the eye would be on the larger side, but I don't think unreasonablly so. I also put teh goldfish back in teh tank ( he started eating all my plants) and since been peachy keen.. but stays the heck away from the driftwood and the eels spot, and swims away when he sees the eel. where before loseing the eye he would go almost nose to nose with him.

So it was either the driftwood or the eel. I just found the whole thing odd.

Oh btw.. S(he) agrees.. lol... I didn't see it.. so it is possible the spiney is innocent.
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I know what their bite feels like (mine bites me at least once almost every day), which is why I wouldn't expect them to be able to bite another fish's eye out. They do have a firm grip, but it doesn't seem like enough to do that kind of damage... although now that I think about it, I guess it could probably have just bitten down and yanked it out rather than actually biting it out with pure jaw power (which would also explain the clean eye socket)...
 
i was more refearing to their slurping power lol. I've played tug o war once or twice w/ a worm. Once they have it in their mouths they just suck them right up or snap them in half trying. I imagine a goldfishes eye can't be much tougher to detach. could be wrong. BUt thats what I ment by their power. with the nose they have no doubt they would slurp alot of their food from burrows in the muck/rocks.
 
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